The founder of The Martlet Partnership, David Macdonald qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1986. In 1994 David set about building his own firm, after rapid growth the business was incorporated forming D Macdonald & Company Limited in 2000. Fluent in French, Spanish, Italian and Catalan; David has delivered seminars abroad and as a result has had a huge interest from clients on the continent who have come to England to set up business and prosper. He has particular experience in practice whose clients include small and start-up businesses through to international corporate groups advising on all aspects of business, accounting and taxation.

As a result of his exposure to and working with other accountants, tax and legal professionals in Europe, David has built up a knowledge of accounting and tax practice in a number of European countries which enables him to advise clients looking to invest in the United Kingdom on the cultural differences they may expect to encounter and to steer them clear of many pitfalls that they could find themselves in by assuming that practice in the UK is as in their own country.