David Lowe read English at Gonville & Caius College Cambridge, where he was a Choral Exhibitioner, and at the Mozarteum Music Academy in Salzburg, Austria, where he studied solo singing.
Following a career in independent schools, as teacher, head of department, and deputy head, David was appointed Principal of Cambridge Tutors College in 1997. Over a period of ten years CTC achieved growing success and recognition in the sector and recently David moved to DLD as Principal.