Education & Professional Experience

David has studied at Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales between 1989 and 1992, then at University of Leicester in Law with French between 1985 and 1989, then at Université Robert Schuman (Strasbourg III) between 1987 and 1988.

David worked for Saint-Gobain Building Glass UK as Managing Director between Nov 2017 and May 2019, for Saint-Gobain as Regional Managing Director UK & Ireland; Nordics & Baltics between Sep 2018 and Dec 2018, for Jewson as Operations Director between Feb 2016 and Oct 2017, for Saint-Gobain as Chargé de Mission between Nov 2015 and Jan 2016, for SIG plc as Managing Director, Mainland Europe between Jul 2008 and Jun 2015, for Saint-Gobain Building Distribution as Directeur Commercial et d'Exploitation, Point.P Region EST between Jan 2006 and Jun 2008, for BPB plc as Managing Director, BPB European Distribution between May 1993 and Dec 2005, for KPMG as Trainee Chartered Accountant/Audit Manager between Sep 1989 and Apr 1993.

 Skills & Competences

David has the following skills : Acquisition Integration, Team Motivation, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Matrix Management, Change Management, Team Building, Business Strategy, Commercial Management, International Business, Shareholder Value, Turn Around Management, Cost Management, Gross Margin, Succession Planning, Leadership, Sales Growth, Mergers & Acquisitions, Talent Management, Multilingual, Operations Management.

David graduated from the following courses : BPB Senior Executive Training, INSEAD (Paris), The GAP Partnership - The Complete Skilled Negotiator, Saint-Gobain Senior Executive Training, INSEAD (Paris) and Harvard (Boston).

David speaks the following languages : English, Spanish, German, French.