Interior designer and decorator. David Mlinaric trained at the Bartlett School of Architecture at UCL. He established his interior design company in 1964 as David Mlinaric Ltd. In 1969 he was joined by Hugh Henry and later in 1983 by Tino Zervudachi. The partnership Mlinaric, Henry and Zervudachi Ltd was formed in 1989.

The partnership’s work ranges from commissions for private clients including Lord Rothschild and Mick Jagger to public galleries and museums – the National Gallery London, The National Portrait Gallery and Victoria and Albert Museum among them among them – as well as many buildings belonging to the National Trust. He has designed or decorated interiors from all over the world, including The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, houses and flats in England, Ireland and the United States, Italy, Corfu, and Mustique, and the British Embassies in Washington and Paris.

In 2009, David Mlinaric was appointed a CBE for services to Interior Design and Heritage. In 2022, he was presented with the House & Garden Top 100 Lifetime Achievement Award.