Career History
David joined First Derivative in July 2020. David started his career in banking, spending 10 years in derivatives trading at DLJ, BNP and Standard Bank. He then joined City Practitioners, a newly-formed professional services firm, where he built the trading systems business in London and New York. In 2007, the firm was sold to Capco and David joined the executive team of SuperDerivatives. There, he held various leadership roles across product strategy, strategic sales and business development. Prior to joining First Derivative, David was Managing Director of the UK, US and Canada and member of the group executive board of GFT. In his role at First Derivative, David will have global responsibility for all aspects of the managed services and consulting operations.