I have performed a number of senior programme manager roles predominately within the Financial Services industry. However, I have also completed assignments within the Real Estate industry. I have been contracting for over 10 years in a variety of outsourcing, data migration, transformation and IT software development projects. My previous permanent roles included assisting with the design of the Transfer Agency industries leading system FAST. I was also the IT Manager who managed the first implementation of the system at IFDS. Before IFDS I managed a number of Unit Trust related roles within Prudential and Barclays. I hope to continue helping businesses transform their organisations, by applying my extensive experience and management skills, supported by my commitment and track record of hitting planned dates and budgets.

Consultant (contract) @ Managing the transition of a series of migrations across Fund Accounting, Custody, Depositary, Middle Office and Derivatives for the Regulated fund and Segregated mandate range of a leading UK asset manager/investment manager. Project managed a due diligence exercise for a leading asset manager/investment manager covering Middle office, Custody, Fund account, Investment accounting and Derivatives. From April 2012 to Present (3 years 9 months) Programme Manager (contract) @ Outsourcing certain aspects of Property Management from tender to implementation and reorganising the company to diversify into institutional third party mandates Programme Management of; - YARDI system evaluation - As Is Model Process Mapping - To Be Model design and analysis - Investment Proposition review - People change process - Distribution channel process flow and design - Communications Plan - RFP tender process preparation and Management - Outsource provider management - Contract negotiation with third party provider - Management of HR/TUPE, Communications external and internal, implementation, hand over to new provider, technology and operating model workstreams - Feasibility Study - Senior Stakeholder Management - New system architecture - Data migration planning - Extended Project team of 25 people From December 2009 to April 2012 (2 years 5 months) IT Development Manager (contract) @ Take On of Discretionary Management Business from Barclays Wealth (BPIM) Head of Technology Workstream including: Software development of new system eMAISIE Functional Integration Testing Technical Infrastructure Technical Readiness Performance testing and Penetration testing Integration to Legacy systems: UTAS and NEXUS Warranty Period Support Management post implementation Team of 60 people (on site and overseas): JAVA programmers, PL/SQL, PL1, DBAs, Formscape, Business Objects, System Testers From April 2008 to December 2009 (1 year 9 months) Programme Manager (contract) @ Fund Accounting and Custody transitions to new providers Asset Transitions on Multi Manager products (over £10bn assets transitioned covering over 30 sub funds covering Unit Trusts, OEICs and SICAVs) Total re-optimisation of product covering £5bn worth of trading Decommissioning of Operating Models Feasibility study and Project initiation Team of 5 extended team of 15 Core objectives were to Asset transition legacy funds into Multi Manager structures, transfer Custody and Fund Accounting between third party providers, transfer operational functions from one part of the Bank to another in support of a Multi Manager fund transition From April 2005 to April 2008 (3 years 1 month) Programme Manager (contract) @ Project Budget of £8m PRINCE2 Methodology used Extended Team of 80 people including PMs, BAs, Lawyers, IT Developers, User Acceptance Testers and Project Office manager/Assistants) Mobilisation phase of November to March 2005. Core objectives were to meet the FSA Depolarisation regulations, launch of a new Multi Tied Sales Force from merging two existing Sales Forces and Implementation of new Technology including POS Tool, Portal connectivity and back office connectivity. Delivered to base-lined timeframe and budget. From November 2004 to March 2005 (5 months) Programme Manager (contract) @ Decommissioning and conversion of BGI (Woolwich Unit Trust Company) and BGI OEIC funds to TPA Programme [code name: Open Invest] (Contract) Project Budget of £4m PRINCE2 Methodology used Project Team of 25 people including PMs, BAs, Lawyers, IT Developers, User Acceptance Testers) All phases from July 2003 to October 2004. Core objectives were to decommission the Woolwich Unit Trust Manager operation, move Legal entities within Group and migrate all funds to TPA (Mellon) including BGI OEIC and Barclays Jersey fund. Delivered to base-lined timeframe and budget. From July 2003 to October 2004 (1 year 4 months) Programme Manager (contract) @ Management of the following projects with budgets ranging from £1m to £5m: - Production of Stakeholder Pension Contingency Plan - Reorganisation Management Review of Pension Review division - Creation of New Operating Model and transition plan for International Funds division (covering Jersey and Luxembourg registered SICAVs) - Consultancy on outsource RFP process, creation of new Business operating model and proposed implementation plan - Workstream Leader Business Operating Model for BGI Retail Unit Trust range covering; Data migration, Contracts and SLAs, Process flows and documentation, establishment of organisational structure, Interfaces, Third Party Administrators management, call centre set up and end to end testing. - Programme manager for all BGI retail fund projects; post live support, fulfilment house change, internal plan transfer management, Fund disposal and OEIC conversion consultancy - Analysis and consultancy for new operation model within Barclays Investment Management - Project Manager of Operational Organisation design for whole of Barclays Private Clients Operations covering Stockbroking, Private Banking, International Banking and Investment Services (totalling 3200+ personnel) - Project Manager of Operational review and consolidation exercise involving Data Gathering of current processes, management of synergy mapping and proposition paper production (team of 7 analysts) From October 2000 to July 2003 (2 years 10 months) FAST IT Manager @ I spent five years from the creation of EFDS (now IFDS) in the following permanent roles: Product Development Manager Creator of new department covering Product development, pre sales support and consultancy services. Senior Client Relationship Manager/Senior System Consultant Successfully Project Managed the conversion of the first fully remote client onto FAST2000. Responsible for Consultancy on FAST system and new initiatives for internal and external purposes, Product Development and Overall Account Management of four Client Accounts in Scotland, London, Luxembourg and Jersey. FAST IT Manager Overall responsibility for FAST IT Support, FAST Development, FAST Conversions and Workflow and Imaging analysis/Consultancy with team of approximately 75 people. Major achievements - Managed the conversion of the first volume client on to FAST2000: Dresdner RCM. - Set up the first training programme for FAST2000 and trained the trainers on the system. From July 1995 to September 2000 (5 years 3 months) Business Analyst @ I performed a variety of permanent Operational and Investment accounting roles, before become involved in projects, performing Business Analysis and Project Management roles. From July 1988 to July 1995 (7 years 1 month) Unit Trust Administrator @ I performed a variety of permanent Unit Trust administration roles and team leader roles. From August 1982 to July 1988 (6 years)

Diploma, Computing @ The Open University From 1990 to 1992 Brampton Manor From 1977 to 1982 David Holmes is skilled in: Outsource expert, PRINCE Registered practitioner, MSP Registered practitioner, Business Transformation, IT development, Programme Leadership, Software Project Management, Process Engineering, Data Migration, Asset Management, property investment management, Stakeholder Management, Workflow Design, Asset Managment, Business Analysis