David has more than two decades’ experience investing in global equities. The majority of David's career has been spent managing long/short strategies in London. He worked for JP Morgan Asset Management in London for fifteen years becoming one of the youngest managing directors in the firm’s history. He managed the JP Morgan Europe Equity Plus active-extension fund which was closed to new investors after growing to €6 billion, generating 4% p.a. net alpha over ten years. He also launched and managed the JP Morgan Europe Equity Absolute Alpha Market Neutral fund. In its first twelve months of operation, the fund returned over 20%, and grew assets to €1 bn. In 2014 he was the European Hedge Fund Manager of the Year (UCITS).
Upon returning to his hometown of Sydney in 2018, David joined Plato Investment Management. He is the firm’s Co-Head of Research, Head of Long/Short Strategies and Portfolio Manager of the Plato Global Alpha Fund which has returned 24% p.a. since inception making it one of the very top performing global funds in the country.
Before commencing his investment management career, David was a professional rugby union player. He is currently the President of Eastern Suburbs Rugby Club. He holds a Bachelor of Business with First Class Honours from University of Technology, Sydney, and a PhD from Cambridge in Quantitative Finance.