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Biography

David Chase Lopes has led more than a 1,000 shareholder communication mandates across the EMEA region worth in excess of €1 trillion in the past decade at D.F. King. Previously, David worked for John Mayo, CBE, in a series of vehicles including Beehive Capital (finance), Efficient Capital Structures (shareholder activism) and Salisbury Associates (shareholder communications). He was European Co-Head at Georgeson. David was an investment banker from 1992 to 2005 at Deutsche Bank and Société Générale with a specialization in M&A debt financing in the O&G sector. David holds a Master’s Degree from Columbia University (School of International & Public Affairs), completed the foreign degree with honors from l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Hamilton College. He is professionally qualified with the Certificate in Corporate Finance from the CISI, is FSA-approved and holds a Series-7 brokerage license. He is a member of France’s CLIFF, including its Corporate Governance Board, the UK IR Society, Germany’s DIRK, and the ICGN. He speaks regularly on Corporate Governance and Shareholder Engagement internationally. David is a recognized expert is several shareholder engagement subjects including: M&A, corporate governance and shareholder activism. In October 2024, he contributed a chapter in the Cercle Lefebvre Dalloz French M&A Guide (OPA: Pratiques professionnelles et interdisciplinarité) on the use of register analysis in takeovers.