About Us
We provide Strategic Advice to creative people and organisations, to support the achievement of business and personal goals.
We provide Strategic Advice to creative people and organisations, to support the achievement of business and personal goals.
We work with creative organisations to articulate their business plan objectives and to define the methodology to optimize success
» Vision «
» Financial potential «
» People strategies «
» Growth strategies «
» Maximizing value «
» Board effectiveness review «
» Board structure «
» Succession planning «
» Business performance and review «
» How to position for success «
» Market analysis and sector focus «
» Positioning to win «
» Presenting to win «
» Maximizing leadership potential «
» Skills development and transfer «
» Career visioning «
Bachelor of Architecture, University of Sydney
DAVID IS A HIGHLY REGARDED CEO AND COMPANY DIRECTOR WHOSE EXPERIENCE IN THESE ROLES SPANS MORE THAN 30 YEARS. DAVID IS EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF CREATIVE FUTURES, A CONSULTING COMPANY ESTABLISHED IN 2014 ON HIS RETIREMENT FROM WOODS BAGOT, WHERE WAS CEO AND GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR FROM 1990 TO 2007, AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FROM 2008 TO 2011.
IN SEPTEMBER 2014, DAVID WAS APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF RIDLEY, AN INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL SERVICES COMPANY PROVIDING VDCM (VIRTUAL DESIGN CONSTRUCTION AND MANAGEMENT, EA (EXECUTIVE ARCHITECTURE) AND TECHNICAL INNOVATION (LABS) TO THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.
DAVID’S MARKET REPUTATION IS ESTABLISHED AS A MEASURED AND INNOVATIVE DECISION-MAKER WHO HAS THE ABILITYTO ACKNOWLEDGE A RANGE OF VIEWS WHILE GUIDING DIVERSE TEAMS TOWARDS SOUND SOLUTIONS. HE HAS EXTENSIVE NETWORKS AT SENIOR LEVELS AROUND AUSTRALIA, ASIA, THE UAE, THE USA AND THE UK, PROVIDING A BROAD BACKGROUND OFEXPERIENCE FOR DECISION MAKING AND JUDGMENT. A SOPHISTICATED COMMUNICATOR, DAVID HAS DELIVERED ARANGE OF KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS TO A WIDE RANGE OF AUDIENCES IN MANY CONTEXTS.
CEO Creative Futures
Executive Director
(2008 – 2011)
WoodsBagot
CEO and Group Managing Director
(1990 – 2000, 2001-2007)
WoodsBagot, based in Sydney, Hong Kong, London
Executive Chairman
Woods Bagot and Managing Partner Woods Bagot Consulting
(2000-2001)
Joint founding Partner and Regional
Managing Director(1988)
WoodsBagot
Director
(1994 – 1998)
Stephenson and Turner, Sydney
Associate Director
(1976 – 1994)
Edward Madigan Torzillo Briggs
DAVID HAS LED THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT OF TEAMS, BUSINESS UNITS AND GLOBAL MULTI DISCIPLINARY PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS. AT WOODSBAGOT, DAVID’S MAJOR ACHIEVEMENT WAS THE LEADERSHIP OF THE DIRECTORS, PRINCIPALS AND STAFF TO ACHIEVE THE FIRM’S VISION TO BE A LEADING GLOBAL DESIGN PRACTICE.
DAVID LED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE “ONE TEAM” SHAREHOLDING STRUCTURE OF WOODS BAGOT, ENABLING THE EVOLUTION OF THE GLOBAL DESIGN STUDIO.
DAVID INSTIGATED AND LED THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIC REVIEW AND PLANNING PROCESSES TO DEVELOP THE BLUEPRINT WHICH WAS TO GUIDE THE FIRM’S PROFESSIONAL AND GEOGRAPHIC GROWTH OVER THREE DECADES. UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP REVENUE INCREASED FROM $6.5 MILLION PER ANNUM TO OVER $120 MILLION.DAVID TWICE LED THE PROCESS OF RE-BRANDING THE FIRM TO BETTER POSITION ITS EXPERTISE AS A GLOBAL ENTITY.
Member, Property Council of Australia; Fellow Australian Institute of Architects; Founding member, Large Practice Forum; Environmental Committee, AUSTCHAM Hong Kong
VP, North Sydney Business Forum (now Chamber of Commerce) Urban Land Institute, USA, International Executive
Star Alliance USA