David is a Partner and leads Partnership Capital, Inflexion’s dedicated minority equity investment strategy. He is also a member of Inflexion’s Investment Committee and Executive Committee.

David has overseen investments in Giacom, Granite Underwriting,  CloserStill Media, Radius Payment Solutions, Medivet, Lane Clark & Peacock and Mobica. He has also been instrumental in the recent successful divestments of Huws Gray, Globaldata Healthcare and Medivet. David sits on the boards of Giacom, Radius and GlobalData Healthcare.

Before joining Inflexion in 2013, David worked at 3i where he was Head of UK Private Equity. Before 3i, David worked in Corporate Turnaround and Insolvency for PwC, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant.

David is a life long, suffering, supporter of Nottingham Forest and spends most weekends at the City Ground willing them to stay up in Premiership.

He has a degree in Economics from the University of Bristol.

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I was drawn to Inflexion by its ‘can-do’ culture and investment in exceptional people bringing a real depth of experience and expertise. Having partnered with entrepreneurial businesses for over 20 years, I appreciate working with a team with a strong, collaborative culture.

David Whileman, Partner
  • Team

    Investment Team

  • Fund

    Partnership Capital

  • Location

    London

I was drawn to Inflexion by its ‘can-do’ culture and investment in exceptional people bringing a real depth of experience and expertise. Having partnered with entrepreneurial businesses for over 20 years, I appreciate working with a team with a strong, collaborative culture.

David Whileman, Partner