"I believe colleges like UCM play a critical role in ensuring our young people get the opportunity to fulfil their potential. By providing education leading to both technical and academic careers the College can provide both training and unbiased advice to ensure its students are aware of which pathways suit their own interests and abilities. As the primary higher education facility on the island, the college also plays a key role in ensuring our Island has the available skills needed to thrive in the future."
David is a Licensing & Business Development Consultant with broadly based career. He is a graduate Chemist with post-graduate qualifications in marketing and market research. His early career encompassed roles in marketing and corporate development as well as a spell as Finance Director for a Spanish pharmaceutical company. For the past 30 years he has worked as a freelance licensing and business development consultant and has held board positions at three life-science companies. In addition to providing clients with strategic planning support and advising on licensing and acquisition deals he undertakes management training for multinational pharmaceutical companies and training organisations. He founded and ran Engineering YES, a business plan training competition for university researchers.
Before moving to the Island in 2018 he was a governor at Loughborough college and has also served as governor to several UK schools. He enjoys cycling and sailing and plays an active role in the local community (he is a Commissioner for Port St Mary).