In 2017, David was elected to Sherborne School’s Board of Governors and is Joint Chair with Louise Hall and a member of the Governance and Nominations Committee.
David is a Cambridge law graduate. After retiring as a Lieutenant General from an Army career of command and operational, MOD, NATO, EU and UN appointments, David served as Black Rod in the Houses of Parliament for seven years. Since 2017 he has held senior executive and advisory positions in a variety of commercial enterprises in the Industrial Chemicals and Gas industry, the Business Systems Software sector and a Phone App developer. He has been chairman of the National Children's Orchestras of Great Britain and is a trustee or chairman of a number of charitable, sporting and military organisations.
David has strong links to Sherborne. From 1965 to 1970 he was a member of Abbey House, becoming Head of School and a member of the First XI. His two sons are also Old Shirburnians.