Dave is one of the co-founders of APS and has held significant roles within some of the biggest financial institutions and delivered some of the largest programmes within that sector.

Dave has over 20 years of experience working on transformational change programmes, which include leading the Governance for RBS with regulatory and compliance programmes (overseeing a £90m budget) as well as playing a key part in the Finance workstream supporting the Lloyds divestment and Integration with HBoS. In his early career Dave worked at Barclays as a Business Analyst before running and delivering projects across the UK and Africa on SAP projects.

Dave has a passion for delivering high quality solutions and skilled resource into change programmes and projects that demand results, supporting our mission at APS to partner with our clients. His passion for delivering business success for our clients has driven our company vision and every member of our APS Consulting team.


APS – Data Consultancy of the Year 2022 – SME News
Dave Newland
May 2, 2022

APS have been awarded ‘Data Consultancy of the Year 2022’ by SME News. Mark Blake (Co-Founder and Director at APS) commented “APS have worked on Data Transformation and Data Regulatory programmes since 2015, we are now Subject Matter Experts in...[read full article]

02 May
Change Enablement through PMO
Dave Newland
January 18, 2022

We have all been in organisations where the Project Management Office are seen as an administrative body which slows down the rate of change insisting all “I’s” have been dotted and all “T’s” crossed. (e.g. all boxes must have been...[read full article]

18 Jan
Have the sleeping Giants woken to disrupt Wealth Management?
Dave Newland
December 21, 2021

We are seeing recent news articles highlighting that banks are poised to make a return into wealth management territory after having backed out as a result of the Retail Distribution Review (RDR). Banks are switching their emphasis from investments and...[read full article]

21 Dec
APS awarded Asset & Wealth Management Consultancy of the year for 2021
Dave Newland
December 2, 2021

APS have been awarded Asset & Wealth Management Consultancy of the year for 2021 – UK by the International Small Business awards Mark Blake, Director and Co-Founder at APS commented “we are delighted to accept this award, it shows the...[read full article]

02 Dec
Exploring client behaviours considering the consolidation of service providers
Dave Newland
July 28, 2021

Using trusted partners enables to provide depth and breadth in terms of value for the organisation.  Covid has accelerated the need for Asset & Wealth Managers to change from traditional ways of working and embrace the agile environment.  With new disruptive...[read full article]

28 Jul