Dave began mediating in 1985 with Southwark Mediation Centre. He was instrumental in joining the organisation with Calm Mediation in 2020. Dave’s workplace mediation experience involves board disputes and staff/student/parent situations. His educational clients include schools, colleges and universities. He pioneers mediation approaches for high conflict and specialist challenges. Facilitations also include teams or interacting departments, (e.g. impact of restructuring). Dave is an accomplished mediation trainer, with decades of developing youth mediators in schools. He has featured in TV programmes and regularly presents on the topic nationally and internationally. Dave was awarded an MBE (2007) for outstanding contribution to mediation.