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David Goldstone CBE was appointed as Non-Executive Director of HS2 Ltd in June 2024.

David has had a long career leading major investment programmes for government and the wider public sector. Most recently, he set up and served as chief executive of the Houses of Parliament Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority from July 2020 until September 2024. He has been a board member of the Submarine Delivery Agency since 2022.

David was previously the chief operating officer of the Ministry of Defence, where he led a complex multibillion-pound transformation programme. He overhauled the Defence Operating Model, represented the department on the boards of the military commands and acted as sponsor for 12 arm’s length bodies.

As chief executive of the London Legacy Development Corporation, David was responsible for delivering the regeneration legacy of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in east London. This included the development of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, thousands of new homes, new centres of employment and innovation, major visitor attractions and a new cultural and educational district. He has previously overseen the funding and delivery of the Olympic Park investment programme, including responsibility for the government’s £9.3 billion budget, and later served as Transport for London’s chief finance officer.

Earlier in his career, David spend 12 years delivering locally based government investment programmes, including establishing the delivery and commercial structures for the Building Schools for the Future and NHS LIFT programmes. He trained as a CIPFA accountant at the Audit Commission  before moving to Price Waterhouse.