David Ayres
Market Development Director | UK&I
David is the Market Development Director within the UK&I Leadership Team, focused on driving strategic business growth across the UK&I. He leads the identification and pursuit of high-value opportunities, develops strategic partnerships, explores new markets, and maximises the value of key frameworks and relationships. With a strong external focus, David also champions collaboration between the Pursuits and Consultancy teams, helping to position the business for sustainable growth through new opportunities, services, and markets.
With over 20 years of industry experience, David has earned a strong reputation as a project manager and employer’s agent nationally. His expertise encompasses feasibility and due diligence studies, pre-construction project management, cost control, design team coordination, risk management, project planning and delivery. He is adept at negotiating technical aspects of development agreements, representing clients in joint venture and forward fund projects, and managing regulatory and statutory processes within programme constraints.