David Phillips

Head of Investor Relations

David Phillips is the Head of Investor Relations and Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) strategy at Hays. After qualifying as an accountant, he moved into fund management and spent six years as a UK equities investment manager in Scotland. He then spent 11 years in equity research and became a top-ranked analyst, running Citi’s UK Midcap research team and setting up Redburn’s Business Services team, before joining Hays in 2017 as Head of Investor Relations.

He has a deep-rooted passion for ESG issues, and firmly believes that the best companies are those who demonstrate leadership in ESG. He is co-ordinating Hays’ route to Net Zero carbon by the end of 2021.