David has over 20 years’ experience in education research and development, and financial services both as an academic (Melbourne and Cambridge Universities for 14 years) and as a leading strategy consultant where he was retained by CEOs, government departments and their executive teams to advise on their most complex strategic issues (Nous Group, Principal and Education sector leader for six years).

In 2016 David created Curio, a collective of advisors, educators and product developers focused on working directly with organisations to make a difference. The same year, Curio established Academy to provide online education development delivery services to Universities. David is known for his strong analytical capacity, innate curiosity and enthusiasm to develop insights for clients that can be embraced by an organisation and readily implemented by staff.