David Churcher graduated with 1st class honours in civil engineering from City University, London, now part of the University of London. During his career he has worked for construction and project management companies, for industry-sponsored research companies and through his own consultancy business. In 2021 he was awarded MBE for services to the construction industry.

When work on the ISO 19650 standards started in 2014, David joined the ISO working group as a UK expert. He has been heavily involved in development of all parts of the ISO 19650 series as well as other UK and international standards related to information management. He is now ISO Project Leader for the revisions to ISO 19650 Parts 1 and 3 which are expected to be published in late 2026/early 2027.

David has supported many initiatives to help industry understand and implement ISO 19650. He is one of the co-editors of the UK guidance, published as part of the IMI Framework, is a technical expert for UKAS and is a nima Ambassador.