Meet
David Summersgill
David’s initial career was in local and central government finishing as a Director in a London Borough.
Subsequently he worked as an associate of Deloitte Consulting specialised in change management.
For over twenty years David also worked as an associate lecture for the Open University Business School tutoring on the Diploma and MBA programmes, in Finance, Strategy, and across a wide range of management topics in the UK and overseas.
David has been a trustee and board member of Abbeyfield Braintree, Bocking, and Felsted Society since 1996. During that time he has supported the Board in developing a thirty-five unit independent living facility and more recently successfully project managed their new independent-living village from initial inception to successful completion in terms of both construction and financial outcomes. The Village cost £23.5mto build and has ninety- nine apartments, a bistro, a gym, a beauty and health parlour, a media room,a number of meeting rooms, a large greenhouse, etc.
He has been a trustee of Abbeyfield England since its inception in 2022
David is a passionate advocator of good affordable housing that gives security, support and opportunities for interaction but at the same time enables independent living.

