David Thomas Nish holds the position of Chairman at The Standard Life Assurance Company 2006 (Canada). Mr. Nish is also on the board of HSBC Holdings Plc, Vodafone Group Plc and Zurich Insurance Group Ltd. and Member-Financial Services Advisory Board at The Scottish Government and Council Member at The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.

In his past career Mr. Nish was Group Chief Executive Officer of Standard Life Aberdeen Plc, Group Director-Finance at ScottishPower Plc, Executive Director & Group Finance Director at Scottish Power UK Plc and Partner-Audit & Transaction at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (United Kingdom).

David Thomas Nish received an undergraduate degree from the University of Glasgow.