David Francis

Job Role: Member of the Board

David is an Independent Governor and Chair of the Finance and Resources Committee, University of South Wales.

David is a chartered accountant, with a career spanning more than 20 years in a variety of global finance roles in large UK corporates including Marks & Spencer and Diageo.

He has led finance teams around the world and brings a wide range of experience across all aspects of the finance function, from systems and process implementation and governance to commercial finance and pricing, control and compliance, and performance management.

He is also a non executive board member at Brandon Trust, Audit Wales and Hockey Wales.