Hi, I am David Brown

I am a globally recognized strategist, consultant, and advisor with over 25 years of experience driving innovation, financial transformation, and capacity building across industries and continents.

I work at the intersection of strategy, technology, and talent development, helping organizations harness data, digital tools, and innovative thinking to achieve long-term success.

1. Strategy & Innovation 

• Managing Partner, dbrownconsulting, Nigeria
• CEO, Dbrown Analytic Solutions LLC, Dubai UAE
• Strategic Advisor to Boards & Leaders on Digital Transformation and AI Adoption.
• Developer of Strategic Frameworks & Methodologies for AI and Digital Transformation Adoption e.g MODES,  CRISP Prompt Playbook, etc. 
• Global Thought Leadership -Microsoft Most Valuable Professional on CoPilot (AI) & Excel
• Expanding access to financial sector capacity building, financial stability and job creation for Africans through the Financial Modeling Academy 

2. Technical Expertise: Financial Modeling & Digital Transformation

• International Consultant, World Bank, USA for Nigeria’s Oil & Gas Revenue and Fiscal Model
• Strategic Advisor and Implementation of Data Transformation Strategies across multiple sectors i.e Insurance, Finance, Telecomms,  Construction, Software Development, etc. 

3. Facilitation & Training Expertise

• ATD Master Trainer & Master Instructional Designer
  
• International Speaker, Thought Leader & Board Member
• Consultant to Nigeria Governors’ Forum on E-Learning Strategy
• Build and design of E-Learning platforms

4. Professional Membership

• Fellow, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN)
• Fellow, Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN)
• Vice President, Learning & Development Network International
• Honorary Treasurer, Nigeria British Chamber of Commerce
• Member, CFA Institute, CFA Society Nigeria 
• Chairman, ICAN Data & IT Board.
  
• Committee Member, ICAN Accountability Index. 

5. Some Clients I have worked with

• World Bank, African Finance Corporation, Central Bank of Nigeria
• Nigerian Governors Forum, Nigerian Insurance Association
• First Bank of Nigeria, First Atlantic Bank Ghana, Stanbic IBTC Bank
• MTN Nigeria
• PWC, KPMG
• Autodesk USA, Procore 

   

How may I help you?

Meet David

• Before founding dbrownconsulting, David honed his expertise as a tax and corporate finance consultant with Andersen and KPMG where he contributed to numerous high-impact projects.
• Over the past 25+ years, he has built and implemented robust analytic systems, introducing several proprietary methodologies and frameworks such as MODES, FRAME, 4As, 4Ss, and REAL, which have become industry standards in the fields of advanced analytics, financial modeling, productivity solutions.

• David also runs dbrownconsulting as the managing Partner. Where he and his team provides Financial Modeling and Data Analytics Reporting outsourcing services for clients all over the world.
• As the driving force behind one of Nigeria’s largest e-learning platforms, www.officetraininghub.com, he has been instrumental in modifying access to high-quality education in these fields.
• He has been recognized as a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for seven consecutive years focusing on the Data Platform and Microsoft’s AI (Copilot) and Excel.

• As a leading subject matter expert in Artificial Intelligence, David developed the CRISP framework for prompt engineering and the DATA-LEAD AI Strategy Framework and has delivered numerous talks on Artificial Intelligence to Boards and e-Suite executives  all over the world.
• David is known as a top Financial modeler and Data Analytics expert in Nigeria. One of his numerous engagements include being an International Consultant to the World Bank, Providing analytic and consulting services to the Nigerian Governors' Forum, AutoDesk USA and more.
• He has an uncanny ability to breakdown complexity providing unique solutions to anyone's data challenges.

• As an Accredited Master Trainer, Master Instructional Designer and 7 time speaker at the international conference of the Association for Talent Development (USA), he is able to merge exceptional talent development skills with deep finance, data and analytic skills to provide transformational programs for any industry.
• He is also the Deputy President of the Learning and Development Network International, the Honourary Treasurer of the Nigeria British Chamber of Commerce, the Chairman of the ICAN Data & IT Board and numerous other public roles.
• He spearheaded a partnership between dbrownconsulting and the Financial Modeling Institute to develop the transformational Financial Modeling Academy, an academy with the mission of producing 1 million world class Financial Modeling Advisers out of Africa in the next 5 Years.

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