David pledges to make Coventry and Warwickshire voice heard
After joining the Institute of Directors' West Midlands committee as its Coventry and Warwickshire representative, David Trevis-Smith intends to ensure that his area's voice is heard - and its value is heard about.
David, founder of Studley-based DTS Solutions, believes that the business community in Coventry and Warwickshire has loads to shout about - but, compared to other areas, it does have a tendency to keep its light under a bushel.
That is something that, as regional delegate, he intends to change. David will be doing all he can to ensure that the strength, depth, range and quality of businesses in the area are fully and broadly recognised.
"The Coventry and Warwickshire business sector has so much to be proud of but often we are not awfully good at shouting about it, are we?" he said.
"I will be doing all I can to tell people just what the area has to offer. There is an awful lot to shout about.
"In this area we are right at the cutting edge of technology and sometimes there is a tendency to look far and wide for solutions when the answer is right here on your own patch. "
Cradley Heath-born David, a long-term resident of Coventry and Warwickshire and whose wife hails from Coventry, is an expert at restoring old buildings and preserving them for the nation. It is a process in which DTS Solutions has been involved since he first founded the business to take up an 18-month project for the West Midlands Historic Buildings Trust, for whom he had previously done voluntary work.
But David's business experience is wide. Before founding DTS Solutions, he was managing director of a manufacturing business and then director of MOST management development centre.
A chartered director, David is delighted to be stepping up his involvement with the IoD and is keen to set up plenty of events to bring its Coventry and Warwickshire members together.
"The IoD is a great source of expertise and support for its members," he said. "I just want to build on that and get more and more of our business people together and networking, sharing their knowledge and experience because there is so much of it in this area."