David was born in Perth, Scotland on September 10th 1979.

He started his career in the sports world as a top junior chees player going on to learn bridge at school aged about 16. He also played a little rubber bridge in London with his father who was an avid bridge player.

After deciding the further education and a maths degree wasn't what he wanted to do, David started to get seriously into bridge in 1999 when he had just turned 19. He began sorking as a host at the St John's Wood Bridge Club, and in 2000 started a parternship with Tom Townsend who had been taught to play as a school boy by David's father!

Tom and David played in the trials later that year reaching the semis and gaining, for David, his first Camrose Cap. David says that he has learnt most of what he knows about the game from his parnter Tom.

David is now a full time bridge professional, running the St Johns Wood BC he owns jointly with his father.

David and Tom won the 2003/2004 Open Trials with John Armstrong and Danny Davies, thus earning the right to compete in the European Teams Championship and the World Team Olympiad.