David brings nearly twenty years of strategic business development and fundraising experience, particularly in forging high-value partnerships with foundations, governments, major donors, and corporations to accelerate global climate action.
Since joining Climate Group in 2012, David has led the organisation’s global fundraising strategy, developing a diverse range of funding partnerships that have launched and grown world-leading initiatives, and helped influence the international climate agenda. His contributions have been pivotal in expanding Climate Group’s impact into Latin America, Europe, China and India, and in driving the success of our key programmes, including RE100, and EV100, and SteelZero as well as the Under2 Coalition.
Previously, David worked in fundraising within the medical research sector, in publishing and in the wine trade. He holds Master's degrees in Social Anthropology and International Relations from the University of Cambridge, and a PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics.
