David worked with pioneering community-based animal healthcare projects in India and Kenya in the 1980s. He has undertaken long-term contracts in India, the Caribbean (responsible for an island’s veterinary services and control of the tick, Amblyomma variegatum), Mongolia (team leader of EU project to strengthen national veterinary services), and the Horn of Africa (support to marketing livestock from pastoralist areas of Ethiopia, Djibouti and Somalia). He has undertaken many shorter assignments for FAO, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and NGOs. This work includes project evaluation, project management and control of transboundary animal diseases including avian influenza, participatory training and disaster relief, and he authored, Horse Healthcare: A Guide for Animal Healthworkers and Owners.

He was a focal point author of the LEGS Handbook and is a member of the LEGS Training of Trainers’ team. David has a BVSc from the University of Bristol, an MSc in Tropical Veterinary Medicine from the University of Edinburgh, and is a Member of the British Veterinary Association Overseas Group. David is currently an Independent Veterinary Consultant, based in the UK and Thailand.