I first met Dave at a Chatham House event that my colleague Claire Yorke and I organized back in 2012. Claire and I were new in this field, and Dave welcomed us with open arms. He was incredibly kind and supportive, patiently walking us through basics and complexities we didn’t understand. More importantly, he was fun to be around, bringing a big smile to everyone’s face, from a Latin American Ambassador to a Scottish police officer or our catering staff. He was always present, genuinely enthralled in the conversations he was having, from personal stories about his family he cherished to the intricacies of some obscure UN treaty requirement. If Maya Angelou is right in saying “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel”, I know that his legacy will live on forever. My most sincere condolences to his family and friends.❤️
I first met Dave at a Chatham House event that my colleague Claire Yorke and I organized back in 2012. Claire and I were new in this field, and Dave welcomed us with open arms. He was incredibly kind and supportive, patiently walking us through basics and complexities we didn’t understand. More importantly, he was fun to be around, bringing a big smile to everyone’s face, from a Latin American Ambassador to a Scottish police officer or our catering staff. He was always present, genuinely enthralled in the conversations he was having, from personal stories about his family he cherished to the intricacies of some obscure UN treaty requirement. If Maya Angelou is right in saying “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel”, I know that his legacy will live on forever. My most sincere condolences to his family and friends.❤️
