Mark

David is one of the best leaders I have worked both with and for. He has a distinct talent for being both a motivational leader and an agent for change. David has the abilty to design, develop and implement major strategic and operational change on a global scale which is not only successful but sustainable.

Hannah

David has been an incredible support and mentor as the company underwent a complete restructure.  His expert knowledge has enabled me to bring in new working practices and processes as we rebuilt, and his business guidance and insight has been invaluable.  David brings an air of calm professionalism to any situation and I have grown in confidence in my role as a result of his mentorship.  My team are visibly more focused, dynamic and happier in their work as a result of the changes implemented under David’s guidance.

Mick

Really strong piece of work done by Oak Blue, not just establishing some governance documents / tools / templates but a deep dive on how best we can organise ourselves to deliver projects and continuous improvement, as well as having the right provisions to make this happen.

Lucie

One of David’s super-powers is being an incredible mentor. He brings clarity of thought and a fresh perspective to every situation and strikes a perfect balance between being motivating, encouraging and challenging.

I have had the pleasure of being mentored by David for the best part of a year now. During this time he has helped me to identify and focus on specific areas of self development and as a result I been successful in securing a promotion as well as achieving several other personal goals. I always look forward to our sessions and come away feeling invigorated every time. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend David as a mentor to anyone seeking personal and professional growth and development.

Jon

As Programme Director David took on end-to-end delivery responsibility for a significant technical development, with the target of creating a new platform from scratch using the latest cloud native development toolset in under 18 months. This objective was made more challenging by the fact that we did not have an inhouse development capability at the start of the programme nor recent big programme experience. David superbly mobilised the programme and put in place the right level of programme governance to enable us to work both nimbly (i.e. not Waterfall) and with structure and delivery certainty. To cut a long story short, the programme was delivered on time and under budget with all Executive stakeholders engaged throughout. 10/10.

Richard

I have had the pleasure of knowing and working with David for a number of years in a variety of roles. He is a superb leader and mentor and succesfully combines the commerical aims of the business and setting its direction – and then managing the change/transformation journey – with caring for the most precious business asset, its people.
David genuinely wants to know about the individual, their hopes, dreams and aspirations so as he can leverage his experience and broad thought process to move people forward with their development journey.

An outstanding leader who will always add a quality and a difference in thinking to any senior or executive leadership team, backed by a track record of making transformational changes that are enduring.