David is a non-executive Director at FCT. He is co-founder of CO2eco, a start-up with a mission to create solutions for long term investments in nature recovery. The company is currently focused on projects in Latin America, implementing funding streams for the large-scale restoration of rainforest. His role immerses him in the emerging markets for ecosystem services and carbon removal, and he has a particular interest in how data and accounting must develop to underpin these markets. David is a chartered accountant and spent much of his career in leadership roles in finance and operations covering sectors including spatial data, landscape engineering, management consultancy and government regulation. His masters’ degree in Leadership In Sustainability at CISL Cambridge in 2019-21 included a thesis on a UK market for soil carbon sequestration, which led to the creation of CO2eco. He lives in Oxford, which he considers the epicentre of the civilised world, with its farming conferences and university faculties dedicated to climate transition and nature recovery. Out of work, you will find him outside enjoying nature – on bikes, boats or on foot.
