David Thomas

David Thomas is a Trustee of Dialogue Earth. He led the successful turnaround, growth and sale of Seneca Investment Managers as CEO from 2015-2020, and previously held a range of management, business development and investment roles in the investment industry including at Midas Capital, Cazenove, and Flemings. More recently he has held a number of non-executive board positions and completed an MSc in Climate Change and Development at SOAS. He holds a first class honours degree in Modern History from Wadham College, Oxford.

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