David has a Diploma of Construction from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia and has been a licensed builder in New South Wales.
Moving to Vietnam in 1992 David developed several Vietnams earliest buildings including the PDD Office and the Metropolitan. Moving back to Australia in 1996, David established East Asia Property Group which undertook multiple developments in Sydney and Melbourne including; Billyard Apartments, Peninsula Balmain, Aurora Place (in joint venture with Lend Lease & Mirvac), Watermark apartments Melbourne and Binary Centre.
David returned to Vietnam in 2004 establishing REFICO and went on to develop City Garden apartments, Centerpoint, Sanctuary Resort Ho Tram, President Place, HOLM Residences through REFICO and more recently Sapphire Vietnam.
David has an enviable development track record and is an expert in navigating the challenging regulatory frameworks.