David Charters

Non Executive Director

Having read Modern and Medieval Languages (German and French) at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, David joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and, between 1983 and 1985, held various positions in HM Embassy Brussels. He joined SG Warburg in 1985 and became a Director and Head of Equity Syndicate.

He was involved in a number of floats and share issues including British Telecom, Euro Disneyland, Eurotunnel, Repsol, and Telmex. In 1995 David joined Deutsche Bank where he was initially the Global Head of Equity Syndicate and later Co-Head of Private Equity Principal investment. He became Managing Director of Equity Capital Markets and oversaw new equity issues across all markets including the flotation of amazon.com, Deutsche Telekom, e*trade, and France Telecom. David is a founder of Partner Capital where he oversees merchant banking activity, corporate finance advisory and principal investment projects.

He is also co-owner of D Group, one of the UK’s leading business networking organisations.