David Pugh

Trainer at Informa Connect Academy

Trainer

David Pugh
B.Com, FCA, FIIA, FCMI, CIIM, MILT

David is a Chartered Accountant who gained an honours degree in economics and accounting at the University of Leeds before qualifying with Deloitte & Co in London. He then worked for a public shipping and logistics company for 19 years progressing through various financial roles in the UK, Australia, USA and continental Europe. After that he moved to senior positions in the food sector where he also participated in two management buyouts. His roles spanned all areas of financial strategy and management accounting

He is now Chairman of two audit committees and Director of two institutes. He is also a Director of private companies and has his own accountancy practice which provides strategic management accounting advice to clients. David’s style of presentation is to demystify the areas of finance and to explain the concepts in a stimulating and interesting way. He encourages participation and discussion and has the advantage of having been there and done it, and so can approach issues from a practical viewpoint drawing on his experience.