David is Head of Corporate and Structured Finance, CMB Australia & New Zealand at HSBC. He has been head of this team since July 2000, after joining HSBC in Australia in September 2014. David is based in Sydney, but is currently working in Mumbai with the CMB India Structured Banking team for the first two months of 2024.

Before joining HSBC in Australia, David was in London as the Head of Acquisition Finance Portfolio and the Head of Active Portfolio Management for the European leveraged loan portfolio at Lloyds Banking Group. Prior to his time at Lloyds Banking Group, David built experience in the Leveraged Finance markets in roles focussed on origination and execution within separate London-based HBOS and Barclays Leveraged Finance teams. He originally started his career at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in New York and London, which in turn, led into his time as an Investment Manager at Phoenix Equity Partners working on UK mid-market private equity transactions.