David Porter was Chief of Staff & Strategy to the Archbishop of Canterbury
from 2016 to 2022. With experience in several organisations at senior staff,
CEO & board level and long engagement in peacebuilding and public affairs,
he joined the Lambeth Palace team in 2013 as Director for Reconciliation. As
lay Canon at Coventry Cathedral he previously held the post of Canon
Director for Reconciliation Ministry. He was co-founder and Director of
ECONI (Evangelical Contribution on Northern Ireland) working in faith based
conflict transformation and mediation.
In 2006 he was visiting Practitioner Fellow at the Centre for Reconciliation,
Duke University Divinity School. He was a member of the Northern Ireland
Community Relations Council and served on the Northern Ireland Civic
Forum, chairing its working group on peace building & reconciliation. In 2007
he served on the independent Consultative Group on the Past which set out
proposals for how to deal with the legacy of the conflict in Northern Ireland.
David is currently Visiting Professor in Faith and Peaceful Relations at
Coventry University’s Centre for Peace, Trust and Social Relations and a
trustee of the British Irish Association and of the Community of the Cross of
Nails (UK).
