David Albert Edmonds CBE (born 6 March 1944) is a British businessman, former civil servant, and board chair.
The son of Albert and Gladys Edmonds of Kingsley, Cheshire, he was educated at Helsby Grammar School and the University of Keele.
He was Director General of Oftel from 1998 to 2003 where he championed the unbundling of BT's local loop, the reduction of mobile charges and the deregulation of directory enquiries.
He is chair of NHS Shared Business Services, a joint venture between the Department of Health and Social Care and Sopra Steria; of the Phone-paid Services Authority which regulates the provision of services paid for through the phone bill in the UK; of Celescan Ltd, a joint venture between Sopra Steria, the Royal Marsden Hospital and the Institute of Cancer Research; and the Trustee Board of the British Racing Drivers pension trust.
This was succeeded in 2012 by the London Legacy Development Corporation to hold the responsibility for the operational management of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, with Edmonds continuing to sit on the board.