Having worked his way up through Unisys and IBM in global procurement roles, David was hired to lead the commercial integration of Prudential Assurance and Scottish Amicable. Moving on from the merger to turnaround a leading British refrigeration company and start a consultancy which he sold three years later to Amey. He was invited to join (by its unhappy investors) a late 90's tech boom disaster which became Scotland's third largest software company. David has done a few turnarounds since but now primarily leads Iceotope and a life sciences business.