David is a partner of Hymans Robertson and head of quantitative analysis, with responsibility for overseeing the development and maintenance of Hyman Robertson's quantitative models used in providing decision support. These models are based on proprietary and established academic research and support clients in a variety of contexts, including long term funding and investment strategies, retirement planning and risk measurement and management.

He is a fellow of the Faculty of Actuaries and of the Royal Statistical Society and has a PhD in statistics and financial economics. He has been chair of the education and the examination boards of the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and as a member of the council of the Faculty of Actuaries prior to the merger with the Institute. He has been external examiner for the London School of Economics, Heriot Watt and York Universities and is on the advisory panels of the South African Actuarial Journal.

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