David has over 40 years’ experience in deal advisory, restructuring, insolvency and audit services with KPMG in Indonesia and Australia, including more than 25 years advising Indonesian corporates, investors and lenders. Since 1998, he has worked on more than 2,000 advisory engagements in Indonesia.
His transaction experience spans buy-side and vendor due diligence, vendor assistance, sell-side and buy-side M&A deal management, integration and separation, HR, market and commercial due diligence, market-entry assistance, deal strategy and merger advisory. These engagements have provided broad exposure to business, accounting, tax, commercial, operational, legal and regulatory matters across sectors including energy and natural resources, plantations and agriculture, telecommunications, healthcare, consumer markets, logistics, shipping and ports, education, banking and multifinance, as well as automotive, pulp and paper, textiles and other manufacturing industries.
David has also advised on insolvency and debt restructuring engagements in Australia and Indonesia, including informal workouts, corporate reviews, debt restructurings, monitoring accountant appointments, court-appointed and voluntary liquidations, private receiverships and personal bankruptcy. A member of CPA Australia, he also served as lead author of KPMG’s Investing in Indonesia publications in 2015 and 2025.