The sad and untimely death of David Wilson on 17 July was a shock to colleagues and friends. He had been suffering from cancer for a number of months and passed away not long after his 58th birthday party.
I knew David from working with him at at Cable & Wireless in 2005 and through his involvement with the ACT London Regional Group. David was a keen Chelsea football fan, did some blogging (www.jacksrising.com), and wrote a sci-fi book. However, I will know David best as a supportive, pragmatic and honourable colleague with a dry wit especially on such subjects as the usability of some treasury systems. David was highly respected and very knowledgeable in the treasury community and he encouraged participation and involvement in the local ACT group.
David graduated from Edinburgh University where he read History & Politics moving to his first job in treasury at National Power where he was there for over 10 years. After Cable & Wireless and EMAP, David moved to the interim market where he had some diverse locations taking him to Sierra Leone for African Minerals and UK locations at Boots, Mondelez (Kraft Foods), John Lewis, DS Smith and Serco.
Our deepest sympathies are with his wife and three children.
If anyone knew David and would like to pay their respects his family would deeply appreciate donations to Cancer Research UK https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/support-us/donate and/or the Anglo-Thai Foundation http://www.anglo-thai.org/ instead of flowers.
Gary Starling FCT (with input from former colleague Martyn Fenton)