David Whitaker is a strategic alumni relations leader with experience across universities, schools and the third sector. Highly collaborative practitioner with over 20 years’ experience delivering productive partnerships with alumni communities and senior stakeholders, David began his advancement career at Oxford.  Over the course of his career, David has led the development and expansion of new and existing alumni programmes at the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of the Arts London, Regent's University London, Harrow School and most recently The British Heart Foundation which has pioneered alumni-style programmes across a range of constituencies and networks .