David Tiptaft CBE is a long standing Executive Member of the CDG Executive and is the Treasurer. David has held a variety of senior positions in the voluntary party. He is a Chartered Accountant and is the present principal of Tiptaft, Smith Co based in Mexborough South Yorkshire. After a period with a London City firm, following his qualification as a Chartered Accountant in 1962, he was elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in 1973.