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First name
David
 Song

Position
Associate Director
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David covers a wide spectrum of financial services issues, specialising on European policy on payments, fintech and digital assets, and helping clients to deepen and develop their engagement with the policymaking process.

David is an Associate Director at Global Counsel. Before joining GC he worked for the UK trade body for the banking, payments and finance sectors leading on engagement across payments, innovation and cryptoassets from a public policy and regulatory engagement perspective in the UK, EU and internationally.  
 
David has also previously worked in the Payments and Fintech team for the UK finance ministry, advising on international engagement, trade policy, payments and fintech. Previously David also worked for a global think tank. 
 
At Global Counsel, David works in the Financial Services practice across the EU and UK, with a wide focus across financial services but a particular specialism on payments, fintech and digital assets. David works with senior leaders in many GC clients to deepen and develop their engagement with public policymaking.