[2] David was elected the Vice President (Business Development & Communications) of the Singapore Badminton Association, a volunteer position, in September 2024.

[4] David worked in DBS Bank before joining the Singapore Administrative Service in December 2001, serving as director of International Talent at the Ministry of Manpower and head of Contact Singapore, and as Director of Sports in the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports.

[5] He received the Oakleaf Award from Trinity College at the University of Melbourne for "his services to the arts, law and education".

[12] From January to March 2024, the Alliance Française de Singapour showcased 42 of his jackets from French brands and France-based designers in a public exhibition "La Veste", that included rare items from Louis Vuitton, Balmain, Dior, and Comme des Garçons.

[13] David's legal scholarship covers three areas of intellectual and intangible property – personality rights, copyright, and trademarks – as well as tort law and comparative constitutional freedom of expression.

[8] His monograph The Commercial Appropriation of Fame: A Cultural Analysis of the Right of Publicity and Passing Off was published by Cambridge University Press in 2017.

[21] In 2022, he reimagined Adrian Pang and Kit Chan as Lee Kuan Yew and Kwa Geok Choo based on vintage photographs in the principal photography for The LKY Musical staged by the Singapore Repertory Theatre.