David Jackson is the Artistic Director of BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, one of the most highly regarded classical singing competitions in the world.

He has been a producer, executive producer and commissioner of television and radio for the BBC and the independent sector. His programmes have won many awards including a Primetime Emmy, BAFTAs, the Rose d’Or, SONY Awards, a number of Golden Prague and Vienna TV Awards and many nominations.

Previous posts have included Head of Music at BBC Wales, Vice Principal at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Acting Director of the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, and Managing Director of the National Children’s Orchestras of Great Britain.

In addition to his professional work David served for a number of years as a Trustee and Chair of the Cultural Committee of the Wales Millennium Centre. He is a former trustee of the chamber orchestra Sinfonia Cymru, sits on the Governors’ Music Committee of Wells Cathedral School, and is a Governor of Ysgol y Deri Special School in Sully. He currently serves as chairperson of the Forget-Me-Not Chorus for people with dementia and their carers, and since October 2017 he has been Chair of National Youth Arts Wales, the organisation responsible for the National Youth Ensembles of Wales. He was awarded an OBE for services to music in the Platinum Birthday Honours in June 2022.

David is married with two grown-up children and lives in Cardiff.