David Robert Meller CBE (born December 1959) is a British businessman, and the sponsor of an academy trust, and a member of the Department for Education's board of directors, until the scandal surrounding the Presidents Club, of which he was the joint chairman, led to his resignation in January 2018.
[3] Meller has said that he attended a comprehensive school, earned four O-levels and "struggled with dyslexia".
[7] In June 2013, Meller joined the Department for Education as a non-executive board member.
[5] In January 2018 a scandal arose surrounding the Presidents Club, of which Meller was the joint chairman.
[2] In May 2015, Meller sold a 10,000-square-foot (930 m2), six-storey Grade II listed Arts and Crafts-style brick house at 79 Mount Street, Mayfair, London to the Qatari Royal Family for £40 million.