David Read
Borough of Wyre, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Read is a seasoned programme delivery leader with 20+ years’ experience designing and executing large-scale public sector investment and finance programmes across the North of England. As Head of Programme Delivery at MHCLG he manages multi-hundred-million pound funds and a 60+ hybrid team, and has led innovative schemes such as the UK Community Renewal Fund, Changing Places Fund and ERDF-backed financial instruments that improve SME access to finance. He combines strategic thinking and stakeholder engagement with hands-on delivery skills from his earlier career in commercial insurance and product management, enabling him to bridge policy, finance and market-facing execution. Notably, he has a track record of creating urban development and investment fund structures with partners like the British Business Bank to unlock infrastructure and regeneration projects.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Chartered Insurance InstitutePostgraduate Diploma in Marketing, MCIM, Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing, MCIM at CIM | The Chartered Institute of Marketing
Github Skills (8)
portal8
django6
rest5
rest-api5
docker4
api2
python2
ruby1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
David-B-Read/revida-web-v2
Sep 2022 - Jul 2025
Contributions:2 reviews, 2 PRs, 3 pushes in 2 years 11 months
SkillsFundingAgency/das-payments-v2-earningevents
May 2024 - Jul 2026
Contributions:16 reviews, 7 PRs, 17 pushes in 2 years 2 months
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