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David has been Non-Executive Chairman of InterContinental Hotels Group since 1 January 2004 having joined the board in April 2003.
He was a co-founder with the late James Gulliver and Sir Alistair Grant of Safeway plc (formerly Argyll Group plc) and was appointed Chairman in 1997, having served as Deputy Chairman since 1989 and before then as Finance Director since the company’s inception in 1977. He retired as Chairman in March 2004 following Safeway's merger with Wm Morrison. He was formerly a Non-Executive Director of Reed Elsevier PLC.
He has been Chairman of Makinson Cowell since October 2004, a Director of the National Life Story Collection since July 2005 and he is a Knight in the Order of St John.
David was born in 1945. He served in the Royal Naval Reserve for eight years 1962-1970, latterly as a Lieutenant. He is married with three sons. His interests are sailing, skiing and military history. | 