David is an experienced entrepreneur and advisor with nearly 30 years of experience helping clients with strategy, organizational effectiveness, talent, and future workforce challenges. David is based in London and leads People Consulting for Financial Services in EMEIA.
David entered EY in 2012 when the EY member firm in South Africa acquired Resolve, a group of strategic human resources consulting companies, which he co-founded and led for 14 years. Before that he had consulted independently and held several important non-governmental and government roles during and immediately after the South African transition to democracy.
Since transferring to United Kingdom Financial Services in 2016, David has led projects in the areas of talent, workforce analytics, strategic workforce planning and capability building and leadership development.
He has Commerce and Law degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand, and an LLM degree from Harvard Law School.
How David is building a better working world
"The digital and AI transformation driving the new world of work is having a profound impact on people, organizations and society. By combining my consulting experience with my activist roots − honed through anti-apartheid activities in South Africa, my team aims to make sure that none of us sleepwalk into the future.
This is the time for humans to make deliberate choices to ensure the "why,"‘what"and "how"of future workplaces maximizes our individual and collective potential, and ensures a future we want and chose.”