Chairman
CurrentDavid worked in senior marketing positions with major brands, Heinz and Sony. He led corporate turnarounds at Linguaphone, Betacom and Cornwell Parker and has advised international companies such as Nokia and Speedo at Group Board level. He co-founded TNR Communications in 1999, which he sold to the UK’s leading News Agency (the Press Association) in 2008.In recent years he has worked in executive or trustee roles at a number of charities and not-for-profit organisations including in the fields of:•Disadvantaged young people•Dementia•Personal change and development•Wildlife conservationHe now brings all this experience (and more) to mentoring SMEs, charities and not-for-profit companies. He is also helping to establish Economy for Common in the UK - a movement that genuinely puts people first in business and other organisations and aims for a fairer distribution of corporate profits amongst those responsible for delivering them.While Chairman of The Reputations Group, David also took on the role of Managing Director at Memory Bank ( an award-winning social enterprise working in the field of dementia care) between 2013-2015 and then of interim MD at Hoffman Institute UK (a highly renowned provider of personal development courses) in 2015-2016.
