Few people set up successful venture businesses without having worked previously in a VC firm. In 2018, after a long career in investment banking, and having worked in London, Tokyo and Hong Kong, Michael founded Assembly Capital Partners. This unusual path means he shares a great deal with Founders of growth firms. At the same time, he brings to their businesses the knowledge and networks from his prior investment banking experience.  This ranged from being an equity analyst covering banks to running research departments and heading an equities business. He has managed large, multi-location, multi-cultural teams and was an ExCo member for the Markets business of a globally significant FI.

Michael grew up in London and lived and worked in Paris, Rome, Tokyo and Hong Kong before returning home. He has an unusually wide range of interests and holds degrees from the University of Oxford and from the University of London in English Literature (BA), Philosophy (MA) and Classics (BA July 2023). 

Macro, trading and risk meets venture capital. David has over thirty years of experience in trading, risk management and private investment.  He has run investment bank trading businesses across a range of asset classes on both a regional and global basis, including ten years based in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore.  He set up the Asian office of a large established hedge fund.  Most recently in banking he was Head of Market Risk at a leading investment bank. Since setting up Assembly in 2018, he has always looked to filter out the considerable fiction in the venture space from the facts.

David holds an MEng in Manufacturing Sciences and Engineering.