Company: Larking Gowen

David joined the firm in 1978 and qualified in 1982. Following a spell with KPMG in London and Hong Kong, he returned to Larking Gowen in 1987 and became a partner in 1988. In April 2006 he became Chairman. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and has recently been awarded the Corporate Finance Advanced Diploma.

He qualified as an Insolvency Practitioner in 1992 and is head of the Business Recovery Department covering the entire East Anglian region. David is a fellow of the Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3) and a member of the Turnaround Managers Association.

David is also involved with the firm’s corporate finance specialisation where he has considerable experience in mergers, acquisitions, disposals and corporate restructuring. In addition he has experience of business turnarounds, specialising in management buy-outs and the preparation of business plans for banks and others, and is involved in larger corporate work at Larking Gowen.

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