David Abingdon is a dual Australian and British businessman who has taken four businesses from zero to multi-millions each in less that 12 months. Two of these operated in the UK and Australia as well as many other countries. 

Business Development Highlights

As a business development consultant, marketing specialist and author, he has directly or indirectly helped hundreds of companies around the world generate huge increases in their revenues. For one client, he built a new division and made them a recurring £35 million from zero in just two and half years. 

In his own businesses he launched a virtual insurance firm, Insurety PLC, a company which he took to £4.5 million in its first year. 

To do this he recruited a direct sales force of over 200 commission-only agents and utilised some of the marketing and product development skills he’d previously acquired by designing and revamping several traditional insurance and finance products. One of these, a self-funding superannuation product, was still being sold until recently throughout Australia by a large Sydney-based insurer.

Later, David consulted with an insurance brokerage and developed new products and distribution for them as well as generating a multi-million pound windfall.

Franchising Successes

After selling Insurety, he launched and led the UK based Quantum Organization, a franchise which he also opened up in Australia and subsequently in several other countries including New Zealand, Ireland, Portugal and India. The company achieved a market value of £11.2 million in its first 9 months of operation. 

He sold the company four years later and developed a new business consulting franchise called the Alchemy Network. This company achieved in excess of a million pounds turnover in its first year and was also launched into Australia, NZ, USA and throughout Europe. 

More recently, David worked with a small finance broking company and reinvigorated the business model to include franchising. As a result of this, and by 'tweaking' the metrics, he was able to generate a huge multiple of the revenue and profitability of the firm. 

Training and Mentoring

Over the last 28 years David has taught, trained and mentored literally thousands of entrepreneurs and business people in business development, franchising, marketing, sales, business consulting and deal making. Some have gone on to achieve huge success in their own right. 

David continues to consult in the UK and Australia and works with a multitude of businesses across most industries. 

He has written over 30 proprietary business, marketing and franchising manuals and two published books, including a college manual. Additionally, he has provided expert business opinion to TV, radio and other media around the world. He has also featured in many articles and the Channel 4 documentary ‘How The Other Half Live’.

Other than writing and business development, in his spare time David enjoys playing keyboards and guitar. He is also a private pilot with a multi-engine and an instrument rating.