Introducing the Team - 7

Dave was born in Southsea in April 1963 and educated at St Edmunds School.  He joined the Royal Navy in 1979 where he served as a Weapons Engineer before joining the Royal Air Force in 1986.  Having qualified as a Physical Training Instructor he went on to become a Parachute Jumping Instructor before being commissioned in 2001.

He has served on Type 42 Destroyers and Oberon Class submarines; with the Australian Army and with 16 Air Assault Brigade.  His interests include the financial sector, sports parachuting and mountaineering.