David was appointed MD and CEO of Australian Naval Infrastructure (ANI) on 13 September 2017.
Prior to his appointment at ANI, David was MD & CEO of Santos Limited from 2008 to 2015. David was previously the Managing Director for BP Developments in Australasia from 2003 to 2007. He has worked for BP in the United Kingdom and Pakistan, and has held management and engineering positions at ARCO and Shell in the USA, Netherlands, United Kingdom and Norway.
David is Chair of TACSI and i3 Energy (UK Ltd) and a director of Red Flow Ltd, CSIRO, Adelaide Festival and the Migration Council and a council member of RiAus.
David holds a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering, a Masters of Business Administration and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.