David Todd joined the British Council Board in May 2025.
He is a Chartered Accountant who spent his career as a financial sector partner for 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 a trustee and audit / risk committee chair for two large international development agencies, Tearfund (2004-2014) and Actionaid UK (2014-2022).
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 of the UK subsidiaries of UBS and 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