David Benda

Director

Overview

Chairman of the Remuneration Committee

David Benda, (appointed 26 June 2023) has extensive corporate banking experience working with investment companies providing advice on fundraising, reorganisations and restructurings. He qualified as a chartered accountant with Coopers & Lybrand in London in 1994 and whilst working for them, he took up secondment in both the New York and Prague offices until his departure in 1997. Since then, David has worked in various corporate broking roles, including for HSBC James Capel and Winterflood Securities where he focused on investment companies. David was until recently a Managing Director at Deutsche Numis where he headed up the corporate side of the listed fund team and co-headed the team overall. He is currently a non-executive director of Ecofin Global Utilities and Infrastructure Trust plc and non-executive director of Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust plc.