David is a highly experienced automotive finance professional and a wonderful human being.
He started work straight from school in a branch of the Midland Bank which is now part of HSBC before finding his way into automotive with Ford Credit. He rose up through the ranks at Ford Credit from trainee Zone Manager to Regional Director in Europe amassing valuable experience on the way.
After taking early retirement he spent a spell managing his local golf club before heading over to Qatar to set up an auto-finance company
Having done that, he came back to the UK to set up Tesla Financial Services UK and its shared services operations centre in Amsterdam.
From there, he went on to complete consulting projects with a start up bank and Ricoh.
He is now a member of the team at Aquilae the international auto finance consultancy where he has worked on Projects for Fair, the Californian car subscription business, and where he is currently helping an electric bus and van start up prepare to offer financial services to their customers.
David is a wonderful colleague to work with. He is genuinely humble. He understands the automotive finance business inside out and despite his decades of experience he gets genuinely excited by new challenges and relishes finding better ways of doing what we do.
I am delighted to share David's career journey with you. I hope you enjoy it and I look forward to hearing from you.
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Episode recorded on 17 May 2021
