David joined PillarFour in 2019 and brings some 35 years of experience across the oil & gas sector. David began his career within the oil & gas sector as a field engineer with Schlumberger in 1984, working offshore Norway, UK and Texas and latterly managing their Scandinavian LWD operations. Since 1997, David has provided equity research coverage of the International OFS and E&P sectors for a number of International investment banks based in London, including Credit Suisse and most recently Dundee Securities.
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Prior to moving into equity research, David spent four years at McKinsey & Co. within their Energy Practice, providing strategic and operational advice to a variety of oil majors. David holds a B.Sc (Hons) in Physics from Imperial College and an MBA from Stanford Business School.