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David has been Chief Executive of the Windsor Leadership Trust since 1999. Set up in 1995 the Trust, an independent charity, helps those in every sector of society who are, or who have the potential to become, senior leaders to lead with integrity and with care for society as well as their own organisations.

Until January 1999, Worked for 13 years for BP and, in his last four years, he was their Global Head of Learning and Development. His prime responsibility was to ensure that BP’s learning and development processes were adequate to provide BP’s leaders with both the skills and motivation to deliver present performance demands and future business strategy.

He was a mid-career recruit into BP. Before joining them he worked for the Institute of Manpower ( now Employment ) Studies for seven years where he did consultancy work for organisations around the world. He gained a rich grounding for life by spending his first nine years of working life with the National Coal Board in their Industrial Relations Department.

David has served on the Board of the European Foundation for Management Development (efmd ) and on the Council of the Manpower Society.