David is a chartered planning consultant with expertise in delivering consents and providing leadership for sustainable infrastructure and development projects. He has advised on over ten nationally significant infrastructure projects spanning energy generation; electricity transmission; carbon capture and transport. 

​

David specialises in providing strategic planning advice, from devising the initial consenting strategy, establishing collaborative ways of engaging stakeholders, to preparing application documents and acting as expert witness. He has undertaken strategic roles for leading promoters looking beyond the remit of a specific project to their consenting approach more broadly.

​

David is a Council Member of the National Infrastructure Planning Association. He co-leads the Policy and Practice Working Group which is focused on responding to Government consultations and shaping national infrastructure policy and practice.