David was appointed Head of Digital Media at the National Theatre in September 2009.  He trained as an actor in Chicago and Paris.  After having worked as a chef for three years, he received an MBA from Cambridge University.  His dissertation, looking at digital opportunities in the arts, brought him to the National Theatre in September 2008 where he stayed on to produce the pilot season of NT Live, the ground-breaking initiative to broadcast plays live from the National’s stages to cinemas worldwide.