Sir David James Scott Cooksey (14 May 1940 – 28 January 2024) was a British businessman, venture capitalist and policy advisor.
Cooksey was educated at Westminster School and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he gained a degree in metallurgy.
He was a Governor of the Wellcome Trust from 1995 to 1999, and was Chairman of the Board of Directors at Diamond Light Source Ltd from its formation in 2002 until September 2008.
[3] They had a daughter and a son, born in 1974 and 1976, and lived at Brooklands, Swanwick, Hampshire, and Aston House, Lower Mall, Hammersmith.
[citation needed] Sir David Cooksey died from a heart attack on 28 January 2024, at the age of 83.
He was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours 2007 for public service.