David Albury
Senior Associate
David is a Senior Associate with ThirdStory, guiding our work on the reform of Bermuda’s public school system. He is a co-founder and previous Board Director of Innovation Unit Ltd in the UK, ThirdStory’s ‘sister’ organisation from who we separated in 2025.
David has initiated and led several of ThirdStory’s major projects including a multi-year partnership with Goodstart, one of Australia’s largest early learning providers to radically redesign their offers and organisation.
For over two decades, David has consulted and advised on forming and implementing strategies and policies for transformation and innovation in education, early learning, healthcare and other public services. He has worked with and coached senior politicians and policy-makers, leading managers and professionals in local, national and international organisations in the UK, Australia, Brazil, Canada and New Zealand.
From 2002 to 2006 David was Principal Adviser in the UK Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit. He played a leading role in long-term reviews and strategies for education and health, a path-breaking analysis of the strategic issues facing London, an analysis of systemic causes of unnecessary bureaucracy and system design principles for public services. From 2009 to 2014, David was Design and Development Director of the Global Education Leaders’ Program (GELP), of which ThirdStory is a member.
David is an Associate of the Institute for Government and a Governor of School21. David holds a BSc Logic with the Theory of Science (Physics) and Eleve Stagiare, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris.