Mr David Forth

Mr David Forth

Chairman of the Canning Club

MR DAVID FORTH

David Forth has been a member of the Club for more than 25 years. He went to a naval school and this naval heritage is part of his enjoyment of the In & Out.

In his business career he qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG, then joined British Petroleum where he held progressively senior roles including Finance Director of Consumer Products Division. He then worked overseas for BAT, Schneider Electric and Adecco before returning to the UK and establishing an interim management business. Interim roles have included Finance Director and CFO roles at Mothercare, Costa Coffee, Dr Martens and AB Sugar. He is currently CFO of a photovoltaic energy company listed on the Warsaw, Prague and Frankfurt stock exchanges.

His Latin American connections stem from Regional CFO roles at BAT, Schneider and Germanischer Lloyd. He is also a former non-executive director of the British Argentine and British Chilean Chambers of Commerce.