David has extensive experience in financial and non-financial boards. He is Acting Chair of NZ Green Investment Finance, a director of Hiringa Energy Ltd, the Social Investment Board and of Brightlight NZ; he is a former Chair of the Impact Enterprise Fund and of the NZ National Advisory Board on Impact Investing, and a former Director of Whai Rawa Fund Ltd. He is a member of the Sustainability Committee for LGFA, and a member of the Advisory Board for Auckland University Business School. He also sits on an overseas board for LOLC Group, El Oula Microfinance Company Egypt.
Before moving to New Zealand, David was the Managing Director of Oikocredit International, a large private sector development finance and impact investing company based in the Netherlands. Born and raised in Ireland, he is a graduate of Harvard University.