David Raeburn Finn

David grew up in a military family. His father volunteered in WWII serving with the Canadian Army in the UK and Europe. His uncle served in Wartime Ferry Command and then, for forty years, with the CIA. After taking a few degrees in Canada then the UK he lectured in Philosophy in Canadian universities before opening a contracting concern, an import business and eventually joining a highly successful boutique hedge fund. He has sixteen grandchildren all of whom are gradually whipping themselves into shape. He speaks broken French and German and even more broken Russian and Pashto. His ambitions include fluency in Russian and Pashto before moving on to Mandarin and Farsi. He is full time caregiver to his wife. He wishes he still played the ‘cello.