David Cohen is the Director of the Human Capital Practice at American Securities. As a member of the firm’s Resources Group, he supports the Human Capital needs of their portfolio companies and the HR diligence required for the acquisition of new businesses. David was previously with Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) for more than eight years where he held a number of HR leadership positions. These included roles leading M&A activity for the HR function and over three years based in Singapore as the HR leader for Asia Pacific. Prior to joining BMS in 2001, David was with General Electric for nine years where he held various HR positions in the Company’s Health-care, Industrial Systems and Plastics businesses and was a graduate of GE’s Human Resources Leadership Program.

Over the course of his 30+ year business career, David has worked outside the United States three times and has extensive experience starting and developing businesses in India, China, Southeast Asia and Japan. He started his career managing a small rural based development organization in Botswana, Africa as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer.