Dave is a former ‘ordained’ minister/pastor (Church of the Province, South Africa/Church of England UK, Vineyard Fellowship, South Africa) and recent ‘lay’ co-pastor in Dubai, a former school chaplain, coach and manager in the US, South Africa and UK – and committed Christian – for over 55 years. He was a semi-pro baseball player in South Africa in the early ‘1970s; a former adviser to NATO on military down- sizing and re-skilling of 200k officers and family members in the post-Soviet Union (9 countries); adviser to several former Soviet governments and training institutes on leadership transformation; former Global Program Director for MA-level development of leaders from 45 countries with World Vision International. He is a UK CIPD Certified Master Trainer, Certified Adair Leadership Trainer, and is also an Organizational Development, Talent Management and Training, Consultant, Master Trainer and Executive Coach – and published author – with many years international experience at a senior strategic executive, middle management and operational level with several global Fortune 100/250/500 companies.

Dave is an American-British dual national and a former intern with the late Dr. W Edwards Deming. He infuses TQM (Total Quality Management) values and practices into decades of management and leadership consulting and training experience. He speaks basic Russian and Afrikaans. He speaks widely to leaders and managers all over the world on business ethics and values combined with Biblical insights to help Christian leaders and managers professionally, effectively, and authentically honor and serve God in the workplace. He specializes particularly in the globally sought after subject of Servant Leadership and Investing in People to help them find meaning, purpose and direction for the career and life. His life story is an amazing rollercoaster ride with God who has made him into a ‘gift detector and developer’ of others. He who has given him the passion to serve others and to help them do their best in the real world of work with Excellence.

Dave’s style allows him to ‘get through’ to people in a professional, effective, humble and humorous way while creatively, passionately and sensitively challenging participants and hearers, bringing them closer to collaborative, team thinking and to take something valuable and useful away with them, back to the real place of work. He raises people’s sights and inspires them to reach for more, be more, achieve more.