David Todd joined the British Council Board in May 2025.
He is a Chartered Accountant who spent his career as a financial sector partner with the accounting firm KPMG, working in London and New York. He worked primarily with large international banks, leading a mixture of audit and governance / risk advisory projects.
Alongside his KPMG career, David was also previously a trustee and audit / risk committee chair for two of the UK's large international development agencies.
Since leaving KPMG in 2019, David has taken up a portfolio of non-executive board roles, chairing audit or risk committees. He is currently a director at Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets and the UK subsidiaries of Assured Guaranty (a US insurer).
David graduated in Mathematics from Bristol University.
David Todd trustee term dates
First term: 13 May 2025 - 12 May 2028