David Green has worked for almost forty years as a central banker and financial regulator, principally in the Bank of England and the Financial Services Authority. From 1968 to 1998, he worked in the Bank of England on a broad range of topics. These included domestic and international macroeconomic and monetary policy matters, international capital markets, financial stability issues and banking supervision. From 1974 to 1977, he was on secondment as Personal Assistant to the Managing Director of the IMF in Washington D.C.

From 1998 to 2004, he was Head of International Policy Co-ordination and EU Affairs in the Office of the Chairman of the Financial Services Authority. In this role, he was heavily involved in managing the FSA relationships in the international policy field. He was particularly engaged in the development of the European single market in financial services and of the Lamfalussy committee structure.

He was Adviser on Public Affairs to the Managing Board of Euronext from 2004-5 and is Adviser on International Affairs to the Financial Reporting Council. as well as Secretary-General of the International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators.

He has published, jointly with Sir Howard Davies, Global Financial Regulation-the Essential Guide, Polity Press 2008 and more recently Banking on the Future: the fall and rise of central banking.