David heads the Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A) Partnership Secretariat. MFW4A is a multi-donor funded initiative which supports financial sector development in Africa through research, knowledge management and advocacy. MFW4A is hosted by the African Development Bank, and funded by the EIB, BMZ/GIZ, AFD and the Dutch government.

MFW4A’s priority areas include Financial Inclusion (Digital Finance, Agricultural Finance, SME Finance), Long Term Finance, which focuses on mobilising domestic resources for long term investment and Financial Stability and Governance. David previously managed the Commonwealth’s Private Investment Initiative (CPII), which raised US$800 million for investment in frontier markets in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific.  David has also worked for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Agence Française de Développement.

He is a graduate of the London School of Economics and The Management School, Imperial College, London.