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.


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
Back into the office? The importance of diversity and wellbeing within your working environment
Dave Newland
July 20, 2021

A company’s constant effort to drive its diversity and wellbeing couldn’t be more important in the ever-changing working landscape. As we all start to head back into offices there is strong evidence building that links employee diversity and wellbeing to...[read full article]

20 Jul
Data Disruption – 66% of asset managers say that data management is the area of their business most in need of disruption
Dave Newland
June 21, 2021

Every industry creates an immense amount of data that can add value. However, most decision makers are constrained from fully embracing data-led decision making, due to a combination of poor processes and unsuitable technologies. Cloud-based software allows businesses to use...[read full article]

21 Jun
Summary of the priorities for Wealth & Asset Managers
Dave Newland
June 3, 2021

As we approach the end of H1 2021, what should Wealth & Asset Manager organisations have prioritised and are looking to deliver? APS will be diving deeper into each of the important subjects below over the coming weeks accompanied with...[read full article]

03 Jun
Do you have any SME contractors, that are vital to your organisation for the immediate future, but who are not prepared to go FTC or permanent?
Dave Newland
March 5, 2021

The IR35 myth……...its not new. IR35 has been around since 1999, its not a new regulation only starting from April 2021, the change is that the liability is being moved from the contractor to the hiring organisation by HRMC, a...[read full article]

05 Mar