David Sanders is a Managing Director in the Clean Energy industry practice within the Turnaround & Restructuring practice. He has 30 years’ experience in strategy consultancy, corporate advisory and as a technology entrepreneur with a focus on energy, clean technology and telecoms.
Before joining FTI Consulting, David was the Commercial Director of Dearman, a 70-person technology company with a zero-emission engine for use in areas such as transport refrigeration, vehicle propulsion and back-up generation. David was responsible for sales, marketing, strategic partners, public affairs, and new applications.
Prior to Dearman, David was Director of Innovation at the Carbon Trust working with customers on strategy, venturing and innovation delivery in the energy and resource efficiency space in the US, Europe and Japan. Prior to that, David spent 12 years as a Partner at Cairneagle Associates and then Cleantech Advisory LLP, businesses focused on strategic consultancy and corporate advisory.
David has co-founded several technology businesses in food production, composite materials, internet telephony, and mobile telecoms software. He also spent 7 years at LEK Consulting and Roland Berger.
Within clean energy, David has worked for governments, corporations and entrepreneurs in topics such as biofuels, cooling, demand response, energy efficiency, energy storage, offshore wind, solar, tidal energy and transport.
