David Phillips has over 25 years of experience in financial services, including 14 years with Investec where he was the head of structured finance, global co-head of Investec Aviation Finance and head of Investec Emerging Companies. He remains a consultant to Investec.
Mr Phillips also held a number of board positions including with Goshawk Aviation, IGAF and IASL (which collectively owned US$6bn+ of commercial aircraft globally); as well as a number of Investec investee companies including ICM Airport Technics, H2 Ventures, Pulse iD, Propelair and Splend. He has also been a Responsible Manager on Investec licenses related to certain fund management activities it carries on.
Prior to joining Investec, Mr Philips was a director in the corporate advisory division of Deutsche Bank for 5 years, where he was involved in large mergers and acquisitions transactions both domestically and offshore. Prior to that, was a tax advisor at KPMG and lawyer at Freehills.
