One of the UK’s most sought-after business speakers, he specialises on the intersection of ‘hard stuff’ including strategy, innovation and leadership, and ‘soft stuff’, like people, psychology, culture, communication and engagement.
An experienced and highly successful serial entrepreneur, innovator and master strategist, Dave is an honorary visiting Fellow with the Faculty of Management, Cass Business School, City University, London.
In addition, he is the co-founder and honorary lifetime member of MIT (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Innovation), a Fellow of the Institute of Directors, a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, Manufactures Commerce, and a Director at Dr Dave Innovation Ltd.
Previously, Dave served as a globally responsible senior executive with multinational leaders such as Oracle and Nortel Networks where he led the creation of £Billions of shareholder value. In the early days of the Internet, he grew a start-up data business to $500m turnover, with 80% gross margins, in three years.
As General Manager, he revitalised Nortel’s UK public networks business, restoring customer confidence, achieving competitive leadership and driving highly profitable, 67% growth on a base of ₤200m turnover – all within a single year. He was also instrumental in winning a global account worth $1 billion per annum from an entrenched competitor using an ‘impossible, against-all-the-rules’ sales strategy.
With experience at the highest end of the business and entrepreneurial spectrum, combined with his natural business talent and acumen, Dave is the combination of creativity and experience that makes him an ideal business management speaker. Having spoken at numerous global conferences and summits, Dave commands an audience with his in-depth insight into the world of business.
