Dave was born, bred and educated in Sheffield and after leaving school with A-Levels had several jobs, including working for Nether Edge hospital, the Crown Prosecution Service and Norwich Union before moving to HSBC Bank. He worked there for 12 years and during his time was a trainer and a manager as well as visiting India on several occasions to train staff.
He felt called to full-time ministry within the church whilst working for HSBC and after selection trained at St John’s College, Nottingham for two years. His curacy was served at St John’s, Park in Sheffield for two and a half years before moving to St James, Woodhouse, where he was the Vicar for the six years before moving to St Anne’s in 2017.
Dave is married to Verity with two boys and Colin the dog.