David Sharman

CEO / board member

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

About

David is a seasoned CEO and board member with broad experience in digital technology, corporate restructuring, m&a, and growth. He has worked in multi-national environments with both public and private companies. David brings an analytical, investor-focused approach to business.

Experience

  • CEO at HIBU GROUP LIMITED
    Feb 2014 - Feb 2020 · 6 yrs 1 mo

    Until 2020 David was Chief Executive of Hibu Group, which includes Hibu in the US and Yell in the UK. Since joining as a Director in 2014 and becoming Group CEO in 2015, David drove a complete transformation of the company into a successful digital marketing business while delivering over $1.3bn cash to investors. Hibu is a private company with publicly traded debt.

  • Chief Strategy Officer at Dex One Corporation
    Sep 2010 - May 2013 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    David served as Chief Strategy Officer at Dex One, including responsibility for the digital business which he drove to over 30% pa growth. In addition David ran corporate strategy and m&a and led the complex merger of Dex One and SuperMedia.

  • Founder at Isomor LLC
    2008 - Aug 2010 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    Advisory work for various technology and information services investors.

  • Corporate Development Officer at ChoicePoint
    Jul 2005 - Nov 2007 · 2 yrs 5 mos

    David was Corporate Development Officer at ChoicePoint, a large US information services company.

  • SVP Corporate Development at American Management Systems
    2000 - 2004 · 4 yrs

    David ran m&a and strategy at American Management Systems, a global IT software and services firm.