“I worked with David on three wonderfully dissimilar projects during his stay at MullenLowe. From a big corporate branding project all the way through to a start-up FMCG brand.

On each, he was a tireless and thoroughly modern brand-builder, someone who's passion for creative ideas and culture informs everything he does.

Creative people like working with David because he brings wide-ranging inspiration to the table as well as his own lightly held ideas. Account people like him because he takes responsibility and is a prolific, quick thinker.

David puts in a shift and is apparently unfazed or at least undistracted by some of the diversions and difficulties we inevitably encounter as we try to point organisations on a new, commonly held and adventurous path.

If you want someone who will walk towards the gunfire, call him.”

Laurence Green Founder 101 London & Executive Partner, MullenLowe London

The more people who know about David, who work with him and who learn from him – the better our industry will be.

David is a very rare breed. He has the energy, motivation, positivity, leadership, drive, creativity and smarts to transform the business he’s in and those he works with as Clients.

As Managing Director at Fortnight Collective, I had the pleasure of working with David on projects for Nike and Macmillan Cancer Care. He has the ability to cut through the noise, the politics and the flimflam to get straight to the heart of the issue and to create a compelling and innovative strategy to change both fame and fortune.

David’s style of planning brings together instinct and cultural understanding with data, behavioural economics and the like. Frank and fearless.

He makes fast decisions, takes responsibility and delegates with grace. And David somehow manages to achieve in one day what most would achieve in three.

I would be more than happy to chat further, if that would be useful. Please do call me on 07887 870 370. And needless to say, I would work with David again in a heartbeat.”

Aimee Luther Managing Director, The Liberty Guild (Former Managing Director BMB & Fortnight Collective)

“A planner of searing intellect and penetrating insight, David is a heavy-duty strategist and a talent to be taken extremely seriously.

A monumental addition to any agency who'll bring not only strategy chops to the table but also lashings of creative fizz with a side serving of deep culture cuts too.”

Graeme Douglas Founding Partner & Chief Strategy Officer, Bountiful Cow & Bicycle

“David is a rare talent – someone who can seamlessly navigate the world of media and creative based on an intuitive and imaginative understanding of what brands really offer their customers and how they are built.

He is generous with his time, thoughtful with his contributions – and always has an interesting perspective on the challenges of both agencies and clients alike.”

Charlie Ebdy Chief Strategy Officer, OMD UK

“David has a unique ability to get to the heart of a problem and produce genuine insight based on his peerless understanding of culture and how brands can make themselves part of it.

He not only works at pace but with real quality outputs that offer a new perspective on the client’s challenge that hit the sweet spot of making intuitive sense while providing a differentiating solution that few would have thought of.

He is great to collaborate with, has an innate curiosity and enthusiasm for ideas and is a pleasure to be around”

Simon Harwood Head of Strategy, The7Stars

“David is a bright and curious individual and cares deeply about doing a good job.

His main strengths lie in an ability to pull insight from culture and different categories/industries/other experience and he’s good at ideation and stretching a creative idea into media touchpoints.

He has a good understanding of media and how different channels work together to deliver results for clients. He is a good coach, mentor and developer of talent in our team and all the teams he works with. Junior team members particularly like learning from him.

I would recommend him for any strategy, creative strategy and engagement strategy type role.”

Hannah Stockton Head of Strategy, OMD UK