David Nussbaum is a businessperson who has been at the head of 6 different companies is Chairman of International Alert, Chairman at The Joffe Charitable Trust, Chief Executive Officer of The Elders Foundation and Member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland and on the board of 5 other companies.

In the past he was Chairman of Traidcraft Plc, Non-Executive Chairman for Transparency International UK, Chief Executive Officer of WWF-UK, Finance Director of Field Group Plc and Director-Finance & Deputy Chief Executive Officer at Oxfam GB.

David Nussbaum received an undergraduate degree from the University of Cambridge, an undergraduate degree from The University of Edinburgh and a graduate degree from London Business School.