David lived and worked in the north-east from 1991 until 2007. In that time he worked in the NHS at local and regional level and was the Chief Executive Officer of four health bodies, Newcastle and North Tyneside HA, Northumberland Tyne and Wear SHA, County Durham and Darlington SHA and the North East SHA.
He subsequently went on to be the Deputy Chief Executive and Director-General for Finance, Performance and Operations for the NHS in England.
Since 2015 David has been the Chief of Tertiary Hospitals at Hamad Medical Corporation in the State of Qatar.
David has three children with daughter Kate graduating from Newcastle University in Modern Languages and Linguistics in 2006.
