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Professional Biography

David currently leads Northern Trust’s Global Family Office Group’s Relationship Management team across EMEA & APAC and is also a member of the region’s Executive Committee. David has broad experience and specialises in working with international families across the UK, Europe and Middle East regions. Before leading the Relationship Management team, he spent four years spearheading GFO’s business development team throughout the UK, Continental Europe and Middle East. Before moving to London in 2015, David was responsible for overseeing several complex client structures, based in Northern Trust’s Guernsey office. David began his career at Credit Suisse before joining Northern Trust’s Global Family Office Group in 2009. David is a Chartered Associate of the London Institute of Banking and Finance and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business and Marketing from Edinburgh Napier University

What is your favorite restaurant to take a client or colleague to?

Café de Paris, Geneva

What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?

You never know what the future will bring, so always make the best use of the present

What was your first job?

A gardener

What is the book you recommend to everyone?

I am Pilgrim

What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?

Continued regulatory increases and pressure