David Bains

David leads LDC’s team in the East Midlands and East of England. He supports ambitious management teams across the region who are looking to grow their business with the backing of a private equity partner.

Since joining LDC in 2016, he’s supported a number of the firm’s high profile partnerships. This includes LDC’s investments in drones consultancy Eagle Eye Innovations,  provider of vegetarian and vegan products, Bespoke, specialist  doorset manufacturer,  IDSL, water and environmental consultancy Stonbury and Neilson Active Holidays, the UK’s leading provider of overseas active holidays.

He led the minority investment and exit of managed IT and cyber services provider Littlefish, along with the successful exits of workwear uniform provider Mi Hub, supply teachers provider The Edwin Group, leading software supplier, ENSEK,  global advertising platform, Blis and the UK’s No. 1 milkshake brand Shaken Udder.

In addition, he played a key role in the firm’s exits and re-investments into Atcore Technology Group and Forest Holidays.

David is actively involved in LDC’s partnership with The King’s Trust and has been involved in a number of recent initiatives at schools in the Midlands.

With more than 15 years’ experience, David joined LDC from GLP, the leisure and consumer focused advisor and investor, where he was a Managing Director focused on UK transactions. At GLP, he worked with household name brands such as Virgin Active, British Car Auctions, Stonegate Pubs, Wolseley, Principal Hayley and Betfred.

After graduating from London School of Economics, David qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PwC in London.