David Dixon was a senior Fundraising Manager at Oxfam before joining the Oxford Playhouse Theatre as Development Director in 1991. At the Playhouse he pioneered fundraising techniques which were new to the cultural sector and in 1993 he set up David Dixon Associates to bring these techniques to the wider cultural and heritage sector in the UK, and later in other European countries.

In 1997 he established The Phone Room and he remains its Chairman. David speaks Spanish and German and is a regular speaker at conferences around Europe and often writes for arts and fundraising magazines.