Speakers

David is a member of the leadership team at DSR Bank Development Group. The Defence, Security and Resilience Bank is a multilateral defence mechanism (MDM) designed to mobilise investment from capital markets. Before this, David worked in capital markets at J.P. Morgan for nearly 38 years, in a variety of roles across origination, syndicate and trading. He held various leadership roles, running EMTNs, ECP and FIG syndicate before moving to origination. There he was co-head of DCM and head of FIG DCM. He retired from J.P. Morgan in 2023 as chairman of DCM. In 2024, he joined the investment banking boutique Alantra, as a senior advisor. He also served as deputy chairman of ICMA for 6 years. David has a long interest in defence and is passionate about capital markets resilience.