David is a senior policing, safeguarding, and strategic leadership professional with over 25 years’ experience in criminal investigations, child protection, and organisational transformation.

As CAID National Director for Strategy & Delivery, he leads efficiency, sustainability, continuity, and data protection initiatives. Previously, as National Online Child Sexual Exploitation Co-ordinator, he drove national performance, victim identification, forensic reporting standards, and AI innovation while representing UK policing internationally.

A former Metropolitan Police Detective Superintendent, he led the Paedophile and Predatory Offenders Units and directed major national investigations, including Operations Yewtree, Fairbank, and Trinity. Renowned for strategic leadership and partnership building, he delivers complex, high-profile outcomes.