David Irwin

David is a qualified accountant and has over 30 years experience of working  within the public sector including local authorities, the former nationalised industries  and the NHS. David has worked at Finance Director and deputy CEO level in the NHS and has also worked extensively as an independent management consultant supporting  Primary Care Trusts and NHS Trusts.

His work has included the preparation of business cases for capital and revenue investment, evaluating equipment leases. Acute care and mental health commissioning and cost improvement plans/savings initiatives, supporting NHS bodies with tendering evaluation and selection for primary care services in prisons, and learning disability services, and  joint working across health and social care.  

David has extensive experience of working with management teams and boards and is a motivated team player.

Key skills

• Experienced Finance Director and advisor to DoFs
• Business case development and approvals for capital developments and IT systems.
• Independent financial evaluation of business cases including leases and LIFT
• Developing service level agreements between NHS bodies for support services. 
• Business planning and budget preparation at departmental and corporate level.
• Efficiency Savings reviews and reporting to Boards.
• Robust contract monitoring and contract negotiations to closure.
• Communicating and buy in of key financial and performance requirements to directorate staff.
• Tendering and tendering evaluation and supplier selection
• Partnership working across health and social care

Professional development

• CPFA Chartered Public Finance Accountant
• MBA Henley The Management College
• NHS leadership Programme - King’s Fund 2004