A bit about me
I am driven by building high-performing commercial and trusted client teams that help life sciences partners accelerate patient access to medicines through clear strategy, strong partnerships, and disciplined commercial execution.
Career highlights
David is Chief Commercial Officer at Kintiga and brings over 20 years’ experience across global pharmaceutical companies and specialist consultancies, with deep expertise spanning commercial strategy, market access, HEOR, and business development.
David has held senior global leadership roles across organisations including Lumanity, OPEN Health, Evidera, Excelra and GlaxoSmithKline. His career has combined strategic commercial leadership with hands-on delivery, covering sales, marketing, pricing and market access strategy, business development, and commercial operations.
Most recently, prior to joining Kintiga, David led global commercial strategy and operations within Lumanity’s HEOR and Value, Access & Outcomes practices. In this role, he was accountable for multi-year commercial strategy, revenue growth, global partnerships, and the development of scalable, data-driven commercial processes. His leadership resulted in sustained double-digit growth, improved win rates, and materially strengthened client partnerships across biopharma.
Earlier in his career at GlaxoSmithKline, David held a series of progressively senior roles across commercial leadership, healthcare insight, and external affairs. He played a key role in shaping UK market access and pricing strategies, supporting national reimbursement, uptake, and access decisions, and influencing broader global markets through reference pricing impacts.
Across his career, David is recognised for building strong, motivated teams, creating commercial clarity, and translating complex healthcare systems, policy, and evidence requirements into effective access and commercial strategies for clients.
Expertise
- Commercial strategy and revenue growth in life sciences and consulting
- Market access, HEOR, and HTA‑informed commercial decision‑making
- Pricing, value proposition and access strategy development
- Global business development and client partnership models
- Sales, marketing and commercial operations optimisation
- Account strategy, opportunity shaping and proposal excellence
- Senior stakeholder engagement across pharma, biotech, and healthcare systems
Personal Interests
Outside of work, David enjoys golf, football, swimming, and running, having completed two London Marathons. He enjoys reading, cooking, and spending time outdoors gardening and hiking with his family and their Labrador. David also serves as Parish Treasurer for two local charities, overseeing charitable funds and governance.
