– About –
David started his career at the House of Commons working for a member of the UK Parliament. He swapped the cut and thrust of politics for the cut and thrust of advertising. Joining Bates Dorland he became main board director for strategy and the Managing Director of the consulting and digital divisions. David was the CEO of the worldwide retail and technology centre of excellence.
David joined Kingfisher’s B&Q plc one of Europe’s largest retailers sitting on the main board of directors as UK and International Marketing Director.
David is now at WPP as the CEO of The Store, EMEA and Asia – The WPP Global Retail Practice. David also leads WPP BrandZ, the World’s largest brand equity study.
David is the author of a number of books and studies including the ‘Retailing in a Recession’ playbook series, A book on ‘Brand China’ : a contributor to ‘Green Business’, ‘A History of Retail in 100 Objects’ book and podcast series which he edited and narrated and the recently published book in its second edition “The Thoughts of Chairmen Now” - Wisdom and insights from China’s business leaders and entrepreneurs and ‘The Future of Retail’ seminar series.
A frequent speaker at international events and lecturer on management development programmes for senior Chinese business leaders and entrepreneurs, David is a non-executive director of TFT, an NGO dedicated to sustainable production. He also sits on the board of the Centre for International Business and Management of the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge.
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