ThoroughTec Simulation
David Cooke has held various roles in different companies over the years, including positions in finance and business development. He currently serves as the Executive Vice President Corporate Development at ThoroughTec Simulation, where he previously held titles as Vice President and Regional Vice President in the military sector. Prior to this, he worked as the Key Partnerships Manager Sub Saharan Africa at Perform Group, and as an Associate at Deutsche Bank. David also has experience in stock lending at Northern Trust Corporation and in unit trusts at HSBC.
ThoroughTec Simulation
The team at ThoroughTec Simulation has been designing simulator based training systems for over twenty years. During this time our company has grown into one of the world’s leading training simulation organisations, supplying the mining, construction, military and fire-fighting sectors. To date, the ThoroughTec team has developed and manufactured over 200 different classes of simulators and has deployed over 725 simulator units to a wide and diverse base of international blue-chip clients. ThoroughTec is the largest global supplier of both surface and underground mining simulators. From our head office in Durban, South Africa, we have a global reach. Our international offices are strategically located to service all major economies. ThoroughTec has a diverse range of simulation products, which are marketed under the brands: CYBERMINE, CYBERQUIP, CYBERWAR and CYBERDRIVE, addressing the simulation requirements of the mining, construction, military, and driving and Aircraft Rescue & Fire Fighting (ARFF) markets respectively. In the mining and construction markets we specialise in supplying both “off-the-shelf” and customised high fidelity training simulators to mining and construction organisations, training institutions and OEMs. In the military market, ThoroughTec specialises in partnering with large international military equipment providers to offer modular and tailored solutions for the simulator based training requirements of large defence programmes. In the driving and ARFF market, ThoroughTec stands out as a uniquely focused, specialist supplier of driver-operator simulators for complex, high-risk and high-cost equipment. As an ISO 9001 and 14001 accredited company, ThoroughTec is independent, vibrant and driven, seamlessly blending a relaxed yet professional corporate culture with military grade quality assurance, configuration control and system engineering processes. We deliver the very best simulation solutions again and again!