David is the founder and Managing Director of Highland West Capital Ltd., a Vancouver based merchant bank. David is also one of the founders of Tricor Pacific Capital Inc., a Vancouver based private equity firm. While David remains active on the Investment Committee for Tricor Fund IV he is no longer active in the day to day business of the firm.David is Chairman of Ten Peaks Coffee Company Inc., a Toronto Stock Exchange company. He is a Board Member of CPI Card Group which is a current Tricor portfolio company. He is also the immediate past Chair of the Board of Directors for the VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation.Prior to founding Highland West and Tricor, David spent over 16 years as a practicing lawyer both in public practice and as in-house counsel. David was Associate Counsel with Stikeman Elliott, a Canadian-based global law firm. Before joining Stikeman Elliott LLP, David was a principal and Executive Vice President of Macluan Capital Corporation. Prior to that, he was Vice President and General Counsel of Jim Pattison Industries Ltd., Canada's largest privately-held company. His responsibilities in both firms included negotiating and structuring corporate acquisitions and divestitures and debt financing. He also managed the Jim Pattison Group's real estate development division.David obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia and a Bachelor of Law degree from the Osgoode Law School in Toronto, Ontario.