{"id":1917,"date":"2023-10-25T02:38:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T02:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/otagoinnovation.cre8ive.co.nz\/wordpress\/?post_type=team&#038;p=1917"},"modified":"2024-04-12T01:06:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T01:06:01","slug":"david-christensen","status":"publish","type":"team","link":"https:\/\/otagoinnovation.com\/wordpress\/team\/david-christensen\/","title":{"rendered":"David Christensen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David has been in the commercialisation ecosystem since 2004. His broad range of experience, including his previous career in banking and finance, sees him recognised as an\u00a0accomplished commercialisation practitioner.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>David considers himself privileged to have lead a significant number of Otago Innovation\u2019s deals and partnering transactions to date, and thrives on supporting the teams\u2019 development and their progressing of proposals to the point of investor readiness. 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