Profile
David Campbell (Partner, National
Leadership)
David Campbell has worked within Grant Thornton
since joining as a trainee in 1979.
Experience
David Campbell is a member of Grant Thornton's National
Leadership Board, a position he came into in November 2008. During
David's 30 plus years in the profession, he has worked in a variety
of roles and locations, including work based in South Africa in the
mid 1980's. Up until 2007, David's role was significantly client
facing, with a variety of listed, large privately held businesses
and entrepreneurs that characterised his client portfolios. David
has also taken progressively greater involvement in the management
and leadership of Grant Thornton, including managing partner of the
firms operations in Sheffield and Nottingham, before moving through
significant service line management roles, culminating in his
appointment to the firms Leadership Board in 2008. David's
professional work experience has included:
Paul's expertise covers:
- advising an FTSE 350 International Group in an audit and
transaction capacity as it grew to around £3/4bn market
capitalisation
- integration of UK listed and South African listed mining
groups
- advising the board of a listed football club in its growth and
development
- audit partner of a national £200million training agency
business
- advising on internationalisation of £75million private
manufacturer
- advising on acquisition, growth and development of a £30million
pan European manufacturer
David has held several senior management posts within Grant
Thornton UK including
- Managing Partner of regional offices
- Managing Partner in entrepreneurial business service
- Managing Partner in Business Advisory and Assurance
Services
As a member of the firms leadership Board, David has responsibility
for the firms business in the UK Regions, comprising revenues of
£135million (2009) across a network of regional offices. In
addition, David is a member of the Grant Thornton International
Privately Held Business Task Force, and a member of the Grant
Thornton International Privately Held Business Advisory
Board.
Qualifications
- FCA
- BA (Hons) Business Studies
- Deputy President of the Sheffield & District ICAEW