About
David Mpoupe-Singui, also known as David Singui, is a finance executive, entrepreneur, and author dedicated to exploring the ethical foundations of technology, artificial intelligence, and human responsibility.
With a career spanning more than two decades, David has built deep expertise across corporate finance, real estate, and business operations. He began as a Senior Financial Analyst at Sony Pictures Studios before moving into senior financial leadership at the University of California, Los Angeles. He later served as Executive Vice President at Lendings Biz and as CEO of Direct Money Source, Inc., where he oversaw a five-division financial corporation responsible for high-level strategy, corporate decision-making, and overall operations.
Since 2010, David has served as Chief Financial Officer at Protecta-inc in Beverly Hills, where he supervises budget implementation, financial reporting and analysis, cash management, company forecasting, and yearly tax reporting.
Beyond his executive career, David Mpoupe-Singui is a committed writer and systems thinker. Through essays and reflections, he examines how innovation can be aligned with human dignity, fairness, and long-term societal stability, asking not just what technology can do, but what it should do. His work sits at the intersection of finance, ethics, and the future of artificial intelligence.
David is also a longtime advocate for African development. He is the founder and Chairman of African Foundation 2000, which supports African students in completing education abroad and re-entering their home country's workforce. He co-founded the African Arts Foundation to promote international appreciation of African culture, established an AIDS awareness nonprofit in Los Angeles, and has contributed to building orphanages across Africa.
He holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Management from National University, Los Angeles.