20 - 21 May 2021

David Young

Lawyer & Partner, Wheatley Young Partners

David works with leaders of businesses and organisations working at the interface of the private and public sectors.

David brings over 30-years of experience assisting organisations to develop their strategies and frame their decisions in the context of broader policy, industry and market settings.

David’s achievements include lead roles in climate change, agri-environment and energy policy reform in the UK and Australia. He has also led major transformations of large and small organisations to realise their potential and meet new challenges.

David now works in private legal practice, and as a Director of Wheatley Young Partners providing advice to the private sector and government on market design and regulation.

As a Senior Fellow with the UK Broadway Initiative, David is the lead author of two recent papers Financing UK Nature Recovery and Accelerating private investment in nature-based solutions.

David holds both a Juris Doctor (JD) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Melbourne, and a BSc (Environmental Biology) with Honours from the University of Liverpool (UK).