David Brown

David Brown - Member Profile

Tampa, FL

MBA, U of Western Ontario
The Coca-Cola Company
TRW Automotive
Societe BIC
Human Capital Strategies

David Brown is a global HR executive with a 30+ year career. He has led HR organizations across multiple continents and industries including manufacturing, consumer products, and services. His experience includes senior HR leadership roles supporting large, complex, and multinational workforces.

David’s background covers the full spectrum of human resources: organizational design, talent strategy and acquisition, leadership development, compensation, workforce planning, employee relations, and HR operations. He has guided companies through major business transformations, including restructuring, capability building, digital HR modernization, and culture change.

He has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, supporting transactions from early due diligence through post-close integration. His work includes assessing leadership teams, evaluating organizational structures, identifying workforce risks, planning integration roadmaps, and helping organizations stabilize and align after a deal.

David now provides fractional CHRO support and project-based consulting to CEOs, founders, and private-equity partners. His typical engagements include HR function build-outs, organizational assessments, leadership and succession planning, performance system design, and M&A-related planning and integration. He is known for his practical approach, global perspective, and ability to help organizations navigate periods of change with clarity and confidence.

David lives in the Tampa Bay area of Florida but is used to working on projects both domestically and internationally.

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