Exceptional comms professional who brings an excellent strategic brain combined with the ability to deliver on his strategies. David excels at stakeholder management, quickly understanding stakeholder positions and calmly and professionally bringing them along with him.

Develops and executes effective communications and engagement strategies and importantly has the relationship building abilities needed to gain internal and external stakeholders’ support for key organisational projects, change programmes, and buy-in to effectively involving staff and citizens.

Sharp analytic understanding of public service provision (and the politics on which it depends) with practical experience and achievement in managing services - a rare combination which makes David distinct.

Gravitas, skill and experience make him a key player in delivering major change.

David delivered an excellent PR and Communications Strategy for the national Our Freedom: Then and Now project for Future Arts Centres. The project, working with arts centres and libraries across the UK, was commissioned through the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Arts Council England and was part of the national commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the Second World War. We had to work at speed, to enable us to deliver a wide ranging campaign with multiple stakeholders. David understood our needs and context quickly and delivered exactly what we required, exceeding our expectations and adding real value at a critical time to the project.

David quickly grasped a complex policy area, cutting through the detail to identify our key goals. He then developed a clear, achievable no-cost communications strategy to achieve them, providing fresh ideas whilst also improving our use of existing channels. David is a pleasure to work with.