David Singleton is a world leading consulting engineer who heads a major practice in Australia, and has special skills in the field of transportation engineering. The projects he has headed have had national impact in Australia. He participates in engineering worldwide, as Global Board Director of one of the great international firms.

While he has a special interest in drawing the engineering profession together and has contributed significantly to its learned body affairs, it is a person with a keen interest in technological aid for developing countries that he has contributed much.