David first became involved with the company in 1997 working on the design and testing of ‘Flagship for Young Britain’. He then became a design engineer/naval architect at Southampton Yacht Services for 5 years before returning to Laurent Giles, becoming a Director in 2007 and MD in 2009. He has been responsible for all the major Superyacht projects undertaken by the company since then. David sits on the Caiman Island PYC advisory committee and brings a detailed knowledge of Superyacht Design and Engineering from his broad experience across the Industry.