David Rolfe founded the accounting firm Rolfe Benson LLP in 1958 and served as Managing Partner until 1996. In 1985 he was made a Fellow of Chartered Accountants and in 2004 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Institute of Chartered Accountants, where at one time he served as Treasurer and Member-in-Council. Rolfe has had considerable community involvement. 

He is Past Chairman of the St. George's School Society, Past President of St. George's Old Boys' Association, Past Treasurer and Director of Crofton House School, Past Director of Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific, Past Treasurer of the BC Rugby Union, Past President of the Vancouver Club, Past Commodore of the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club, Past Chair of the Finance Committee of Van Dusen Botanical Garden, and Past Chair of the Advisory Committee of the BC Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. He was invested into the Sovereign Order of St. John in 1989.