Kind words and recommendations from previous employers, colleagues and customers.

Dave was a valuable member of the BlackBerry Finance team for over 4 years. During that time, he proved himself to be a very effective people leader. He challenged his team to contantly improve, provided effective coaching, and genuinely cared about each member of his team’s development. Dave was also thought of very highly by his business partners and constantly received positive feedback from them. His influencing style was effective in driving better business decisions. He is a good listener, a hard worker and he earned my respect and the respect of his colleagues. Dave is a well rounded business person because he has a strong technical accounting background and years of experience in financial planning & analysis (FP&A) which now has been complemented by his experience running a small business. Overall it has been a pleasure to work with Dave. His positive attitude, sense of humour and willingness to go ‘above and beyond’ were very much appreciated. I would not hesitate to recommend Dave for any Finance team – they would be lucky to have him! Sandra Ketchen – President & CEO at Spectrum Health Care

David was in my commercial finance team at Dell UK Public sector. This role involved daily interactions with approx. 80 sales people, the finance leadership team as well as direct support to the General Manager on a variety of financial areas such as e-auctions, competitive pricing and bids as well as promo’s, sales commission and targeting and marcom spend. David is methodical in his approach, builds business partnerships quickly, is very sincere in his intentions, and my experience was that he always followed through with his commitments. Importantly, David demonstrated during some very busy periods with passionate sales people, that he was unflappable which is critical to make the right decision for the business and the sales person. He is commercial astute and always working for the win-win in every situation. A great team player, I highly recommend him and would take the chance to have him in my team again if the opportunity arose. Ian Cliffe – CEO Magicard

I have observed Dave leading his teams in major deals for multinational customers. Dave had the responsibility for the tough contract negotiations (supported by me as their lawyer) through complex finance and operational business functions such that a seamless customer service was maintained. In particular, I have observed Dave to be a skilful negotiator, forcing tough concessions from very senior people in large customer organisations and he was able to do that whilst maintaining strong personal relationships with those with whom he negotiated. Dave is highly professional, diligent and has excellent attention to detail. It was a pleasure and privilege to work with him I would highly recommend him as an effective commercial finance and operational senior leader. Liz Johnson – Legal Counsel XPO Logistics

I thoroughly enjoyed working with David whilst he was at Magicard. His work ethic, hard work and commercial awareness helped us achieve record sales in 2019. Stephen Dodd – Director at TRADEiD

As segment controller, Dave led all aspects of our global financial performance and management system. He quickly identified operating challenges and implemented management systems to drive improvement. He willingly assumed additional responsibilities and worked effectively with diverse teams as required to deliver results. Dave leveraged his diverse background and work experience to successfully coach and mentor our global divisional controllers. He is an approachable and effective manager – a great listener with necessary attention to detail. Dave has been a true business partner and an asset to our team! John Hartwick – Senior VP Finance Superior Propane

I worked closely with Dave at ATS in my capacity as Supply Chain lead, and was very impressed by his “can do” attitude, team spirit and great willingness to help anyone with a finance issue. Dave is very much a people person, but as importantly is a very shrewd and talented Finance executive, and I have seen him on many occasions deftly steer his team through difficult situations and onto the right path of fiscal responsibility and eventual financial stability. Managing globally remote operations and staff is a challenging environment at ATS, however Dave makes it look easy with his calm demeanor and sage advice through sometimes difficult situations. I’d highly recommend Dave to any organization looking for a seasoned, motivational leader in the Finance category. Allan Martin – Director, Supply Chain & Procurement ATS

I remember hiring David as a trainee accountant with Pfizer and I have been delighted to keep in touch with him and to see his progress over the years. He showed aptitude to find out how accounting systems worked at an early stage and once he had qualified, showed determination to find out how a business worked and put forward sensible ideas to improve its performance. He backed up his recommendations with clear and calmly expressed views and engaged well with sales, marketing and accounting people at all levels. Tim Bentley – Director at Plantworks Ltd.

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