David joined Tilhill in 2019 and was appointed head of CarbonStore later that year. He has a BSc (Hons) in Accounting, Finance and Economics and spent 18 years in the financial sector based in London and Tokyo, initially as an equity salesman and latterly as a corporate analyst. It was opportunities within Tilhill and CarbonStore that enabled David to return to his rural roots in southern Scotland.

David leads the CarbonStore team helping farmers and landowners to register, validate and verify their woodland creation projects with the Woodland Carbon Code and generate the saleable and increasingly valuable carbon credits. CarbonStore also helps woodland owners to sell their carbon credits to organisations wishing to mitigate their carbon emissions. In this way, CarbonStore offers a unique partnership between landowners looking to generate an income from their carbon credits and companies aiming to harness the benefits of trees to reduce their net carbon emissions.