Meet the Team > David Winter
David has joined our Board of Directors following the merger of Chalmers and Hucker & Booker in 2002.
David was born in the 1960s in Bath and was brought up in the village of Westwood near Bradford-on-Avon. David attended school in Trowbridge where he represented his county at cross country running and the 400m hurdles. He took part in the National Athletics Championships where he finished 13th in the Country.
David was brought up with business administration all round him as his family ran a successful building construction and joinery business based in Bath since 1965 with his mother dealing with all the administration and secretarial matters. He often had an adding machine and a pile of invoices to list from an early age.
After spending a year studying for his accountancy foundation at the University of the West of England (Bristol) David joined Moore Stephens in Bath as an articled clerk leading to qualifications as a Chartered Accountant, leading to a roll of Audit Manager after five years.
After a period of seven years in the professional practice a role in industry beckoned and in 1992 David joined a European garden building products manufacturing company listed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange with a base in Bridgwater with a turnover of £75 million. David became UK Group Reporting Accountant. His role involved a lot of travel in the UK between divisions and air travel to Holland with regular finance meetings with the Group Finance Director. David has gained invaluable experience from his time working in industry which covered a period of seven years.
The move to Hucker & Booker came in 1999 where David took on responsibility for an existing portfolio of clients covering a wide range of businesses.
David has also taken over another portfolio of clients following the retirement of Peter Ballan, many clients of which are in the agricultural industry.
David is married with two young daughters and lives in Shepton Mallet. He is a keen hockey player for West Wilts Hockey Club where he is also the treasurer. David is also a keen gardener and enjoys occasional DIY tasks!