Master of Arts (International Relations), Masters in Defence and Strategic Studies, Bachelor of Arts
(Management), Diploma of Leadership
David is a leadership development and business strategy expert. He served for 21 years in the Australian
Army as an Infantry Officer where he led and worked with Australian soldiers on operations in Timor
Leste, Iraq and Afghanistan. Since his discharge David has worked extensively as a consultant and
business leader in Health, Defence and National Security with a focus on people operations in
Intelligence, Surveillance, Workforce Planning, Strategy and Leadership Development.
David has worked in companies as small as two people through to multi-nationals with hundreds of
thousands of team members; his previous role was as the Global Defence Operations Leader for
Accenture supporting 20 different business units across North America, Asia Pacific and Europe assisting
them to develop and deliver a range of solutions and services for Government and private sector
companies in workforce, strategy, operations, GenAI and leadership.
David is dedicated to delivering high impact leadership coaching, team development, organisational
culture and business strategy training across all industries. He seeks to inspire leaders and ignite growth –
both personal and organisational – to create more engaged teams and workplaces. He has been
responsible for delivering enterprise-wide strategic leadership training, new and emerging leader
programs, individual leadership coaching and organisational culture workshops.
