David is Programme Director at Magdrive, one of Europe’s fastest growing in-space propulsion startups. His focus is securing institutional business, R&D funding and managing relations with stakeholders within government, space agencies and primes. He previously worked in commercial leadership roles at downstream space technology startups across geospatial intelligence startup and maritime satcomms, and has over a decade’s business development and relationship management roles in commercial aerospace and aviation asset finance. David holds a BSC in Economics, Politics and International Studies from the University of Warwick.