David Bruce is a serial entrepreneur and investor and has been involved in the international brewing and leisure industry since 1966, in a career that has covered both production and retailing. From a single brewpub in Elephant & Castle in 1979, David grew this to a chain of 12 brewpubs which were acquired in 1988. David went on to found and invest in other brewing ventures from Paris to Seattle via New York and Denver before taking over The West Berkshire Brewery in 2013.