David MacLeod was chair of the MacLeod Review. David has spent the majority of his career leading private sector organisations through major programmes of change and worked at the Cabinet office as Senior Adviser on Change and Performance. He was head of marketing for the Dulux brand, and a divisional CEO with ICI. He has also worked at Towers Perrin as Senior Adviser supporting chief executives in both the public and private sectors to implement change in order to enhance performance.

David now has a portfolio of responsibilities which include being a Non Executive Director of the Department for International Development, Non Executive Director of the Ministry of Justice, Fellow of the Sunningdale Institute, Senior Associate of Towers Perrin and Visiting Professor of the Cass Business School. He is also a fellow of the RSA, Institute of Marketing and Ashridge Business School.