David previously was Managing Director of Public Affairs for Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) APAC for around seven years. David led the corporate communications, government relations & policy, corporate citizenship and sustainable investing functions for KKR across APAC markets and sat on KKR’s Asia Pacific leadership team.
Previously he was the Deputy Head of Global Government Relations and Head of Asia Pacific Government Relations for PayPal Inc. and sat on PayPal’s Asia Pacific leadership team. Prior to PayPal Inc., he worked at eBay Inc., where he led APAC GR for both eBay Marketplace and PayPal - then owned by eBay Inc. Before joining eBay, David worked at Visa Inc. where he served as their first head of GR for the Asia region.
David was also Chief of Party of a USAID program in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Secretariat in Singapore, where he advanced policy and capacity building. David served in the Executive Office of the President for eight years as a Senior Director at the United States Trade Representative (USTR) with responsibility for Southeast Asia, APEC and China trade policy. Prior to USTR, David was an economic officer in the U.S. diplomatic service, with tours in Taiwan, Mongolia, and Singapore, and he was a special assistant to U.S. Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell.
David earned an MBA from the University of Edinburgh and his BA from the University of California at Berkeley.
在加入 Circle 之前，David曾担任科尔伯格·克拉维斯·罗伯茨公司（KKR）亚太区公共事务董事总经理近七年。他领导 KKR 在整个亚太市场的企业传播、政府关系与政策、企业公民以及可持续投资职能，并担任 KKR 亚太区领导团队成员。
此前，他是 PayPal Inc.全球政府关系副主管兼亚太区政府关系主管，并担任 PayPal 亚太区领导团队成员。在加入 PayPal Inc. 之前，他曾在 eBay Inc.工作，负责领导当时同为 eBay Inc. 旗下业务的 eBay 交易市场和 PayPal 的亚太区政府关系工作。在加入 eBay 之前，David曾在 Visa Inc.工作，担任该公司在亚洲地区的首任政府关系主管。
David还曾在新加坡的亚太经合组织（APEC）秘书处担任美国国际开发署（USAID）项目的首席代表，负责推动政策与能力建设。他曾在总统行政办公室的美国贸易代表办公室（USTR）担任高级主任长达八年，负责东南亚、亚太经合组织（APEC）及中国的贸易政策。在加入 USTR 之前，David是美国外交部门的经济官员，曾在中国台湾、蒙古和新加坡任职，并曾担任美国国务卿马德琳·奥尔布赖特（Madeleine Albright）和科林·鲍威尔（Colin Powell）的特别助理。
David拥有爱丁堡大学的工商管理硕士学位以及加州大学伯克利分校的文学学士学位（BA）。