Brendan trained and qualified as an architect but spent most of his working life working in local government managing housing services. Before moving to Norfolk in the 80s he was Assistant Director of Housing with London Borough of Camden, responsible for one of the largest house building and modernisation programmes in the country. He had a number of roles at Great Yarmouth Council, the final position being Director of Social Policy, covering all housing and building services, as well as council tax collection and benefits. Throughout his working career, he was heavily involved in dealing with social deprivation and inequalities. At work he had a clear understanding of the invaluable and essential work of Julian Support in helping support tenancies at risk, and on retirement, readily accepted an invitation to become a governing board member.

David worked at national policy level for the Department of Health, working directly with Health Ministers as a private secretary and with the NHS CEO and Permanent Secretary as a principal private secretary. 

He has worked at a strategic level in two Health Authorities and at local level in NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG) and most recently at a national Charity (Action on Addiction) where he works as Head of Integrated Governance and chair of the Health and Safety Board.  He has previously worked as a non-executive director at a CCG (responsible for patient safety & engagement and Chair of various committees), a Trustee at a Hospice and a public Governor at a Foundation Trust. 

In addition to his work in governance he is an accredited executive and life coach and mentor, obtaining qualifications in coaching, a master practitioner in Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) and psychosensory therapy.