David Naylor

David co-directs a consultancy practice and is a lecturer on the Tavistock and Portman Foundation Trust professional doctorate programme. His consultancy practice aims to help organisations, teams and individuals to review and evaluate what they do at work, explore what they might be capable of doing, and plan how to improve their effectiveness and experience.

He was a senior fellow at The King’s Fund between 2001 and 2009 and co-directed a range of senior executive development programmes. 

David has been a Chief Executive of a third sector organisation providing residential and nursing home care. He was a service development manager in Haringey mental health services and a ward manager at the Maudsley Hospital where he trained as a psychiatric nurse.

David has a professional doctorate, a work-based MA in organisational change and a diploma in counselling. He is an associate of Tavistock Consulting.