David is a Principal and his primary responsibilities at Marlin include deal origination and qualification. Prior to joining Marlin, he worked at Natixis Partners where he focused on advising entrepreneurs, private equity funds and corporates in leveraged buyouts and mergers and acquisitions transactions across a broad range of sectors, including technology, healthcare and consumer goods. Prior thereto, he worked at Ernst & Young within the Technology, Media and Telecommunications department. David earned an M.Sc. in Management from Emlyon Business School.