David Shepley-Cuthbert is a Chartered Accountant who has extensive
experience of both public and international companies as well as small to medium sized businesses.

He started his career at Arthur Young & Co (now part of Ernst & Young). This was followed by seven years in Southern Africa finishing as Group Treasurer of Freight Services Holdings Limited, based in Johannesburg . In 1978 he joined RH Freight Services Limited, a Nottingham based European freight forwarding company as Managing Director of the transport and export packing subsidiary companies. In 1981 he joined Inchcape plc where he was a Finance Director and Controller for part of the Inspection and Testing Business Unit responsible for 50 companies turning over £80 million and operating in 25 countries.

From 1988 to 2003 he worked for Charles Taylor Consulting Group plc ("CTC"), where he was a senior member of a team which led CTC to a successful flotation on the London Stock Exchange in 1996. Since flotation he served as Group Company Secretary, Finance Director for the CTC USA businesses, Chief Financial Officer of CTC Signal Mutual Indemnity Association, a CTC client and was involved with the creation of new insurance mutuals.

He is currently a shareholder and Non-Executive Director of several small developing companies as well as the Finance Director of 3DM Worldwide plc, an Oxfordshire based technology company.