David recently joined the NHS Shared Business Service as the Service Delivery Lead - Major Programmes within their consulting arm. He is a chartered Civil Engineer, with 30years experience working in the construction and property sectors around the world. The majority of his career he has been with the public sector working in Defence, Higher Education, Central Government, and Health. Many of which are highly regulated and driven by both statutory and mandatory compliance.

He started his career in the Army serving with the Royal Engineers for over 20years and he has been the Director of Estates and Facilities for a number of high profile institutions, delivering a high number of major projects and programmes. He holds Fellowships in both the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management. He always looks to act as an ambassador to these two professions and help shape the future of the built environment industry. He sits on a number of national and international committees and advisory groups, dealing with standards, compliance, procurement and sustainability. He has written a number of technical guides and standards in the areas of Facilities Management and published papers, articles and book chapters on the subject of Indoor Environmental Quality, health and wellbeing.