Bio

David has held several senior executive leadership positions in the orthopaedic, healthcare, scientific instrument, and automotive industries. Based in the U.K., his roles have been oriented towards global markets and has extensive direct experience working and operating across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Most recently, David was President of Medplast International, prior to its acquisition by Viant Medical. David assumed that position following Medplast’s acquisition of Orthoplastics Ltd, where he was CEO. David drove Orthoplastics’ global sales initiatives directly, forming strong supplier relationships with all the major orthopaedic OEMs alongside numerous challenger companies on all five continents. He also had full P&L responsibility. Prior to that he held operational leadership positions at Kratos Analytical, now part of Shimadzu in which he led the acquisition process, plus other companies in the automotive sectors. David has extensive knowledge of operations management techniques including ERP systems and is a six sigma Black Belt. David earned his MBA from the Open University in 1995 and has been a certified CIMA accountant since 1980.