David Waite

Founder and Emeritus Partner

David Waite has been the world’s leading independent consulting practitioner since 2000.   He is famous for laying the foundations for price risk management consulting for industrial companies.  Through these years he has proven to be an able educator, process designer and implementer.  His experience spans every situation requiring price risk management, including physical trading, M&A and fund management, in diverse locations and organisational cultures.

He brings years of risk identification and risk-based financial modelling experience that define each client’s unique risk profile.   David’s profound understanding of outcomes, solutions and infrastructure needs has resulted in his strong client following that consistently returns for the benefit of his guidance.   

David earned a degree from Oxford University has worked previously as in roles with producers, banks and brokers in Toronto, London and New York, for companies like Noranda, Drexel Burnham, PaineWebber and Rudolf Wolff and managed financial service desks handling metals, foreign exchange and energy products.