About David
Consultant with nearly two decades experience helping organisations unlock value from their data by ensuring the strategy, decision making frameworks, analytics and technology all align to deliver effectively. If you dont think you are getting enough insight from your data or your struggling to realise value from the latest technology advancements (e.g. AI), I can help.
• Support businesses through the organisational and technical change management required to build sustainable growth.
• Engage with the C-suite in framing, modelling or risk analysis for critical decisions.
• Can help design, build and upskill analytics organisations.
• Mentor and Coach analytics professionals.
Passionate about improving decision quality at scale by combining data, expert judgement, and robust governance and ensuring the appropriate mix of organisational skills.
English
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
London (up to 50km)
Experience
- DSH AdvisoryFounderOctober 2024 - Today (1 year and 8 months)• Created a new company to support businesses to effectively utilise data, analytics, decision science andtechnology to enhance performance, capital allocation, resource management and strategy and to help build team capabilities.• Delivered a project to one of the UKs largest global Pharma companies, training their entire R&D Finance organisation. Topics included: Portfolio management, Statistical Finance, Effective communication, Biology and the process of R&D.• Advised the Government Affairs and Communications team of another large Pharma, on structuring an analytics function to support policy, external relations, regulatory compliance and internal/external communications.• Strategic advisor to an AI startup focussed on automated analysis and insight generation from market data.
- GSKVice President R&D Portfolio FinanceFebruary 2024 - October 2024 (8 months)• Applied decision analysis techniques to guide capital prioritisation across the R&D portfolio, balancing expected value, probability of technical success, and strategic alignment with organisational constraints.• Led the design and implementation of a governance framework to support performance monitoring. Designed and delivered the quarterly performance review between R&D and GSKs corporate organisation.• Designed and provided a new monthly organisational reporting process for the C-suite to provide regular updates on how key initiatives in R&D were progressing.• Led probabilistic forecasting for GSKs Long-Range Planning process, integrating scenario modelling to corporate level decision discussions.• Extensive experience presenting to and advising C-suite on portfolio and risk management, and investment decisions.• Led the creation of and chaired a new Resource Management Forum, comprising R&Ds most senior leaders to ensureoptimal deployment of staffing.• Member of the R&D Finance Leadership team.
- GSKSenior Director R&D Portfolio Analytics–September 2022 - February 2024 (1 year and 5 months)• Established analysis and systems to ensure transparency, alignment to strategy and accountability in budget allocation and performance reporting.• Owned the measurement of R&Ds Incentive Schemes and worked directly with the CSO to set appropriately stretching targets.• Managed the competitive intelligence and reporting teams to deliver analysis into the Quarterly and Annual Results.Successfully delivered analysis into every quarterly report including a number which formed part of the executivepresentations to shareholders.• Supported every R&D major investment decision by managing the team to build the financial valuation of the projects and providing analysis to the CSO on the portfolio context in which the decision was to be made.• Partnered with corporate and internal audit teams on ensuring appropriate data integrity, controls and data management practices in the financial valuations used in project governance.• Successfully, led a team of 26 onshore staff and an offshore support team through an organisational restructure.
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Education
- PhDWarwick UniversityPhD
- BSCWarwick UniversityBSC