David Paton possesses expertise in smart metering, project delivery, prince2, smart grid, stakeholder management and 15 more skills. Colleagues describe him as "Dave is the benchmark I will set for future contractor support. He just gets it! The consummate professional internally and in front of customers as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert. A deliverer, a solution finder, a challenger, and a great bloke...I cannot recommend Dave highly enough" and "I worked with David at Thames Water on the Newstart and SAP programmes, where we asked him to take a hold of a complex programme that was responsible for delivering a large proportion of business benefit. David was an extremely effective programme leader, capable of communicated at all levels of the organisation whilst driving forward the difficult decisions in a highly complex and politically charged environment"