Simon Davies

Experienced PMO Manager with over 23 years of success, delivering robust governance, portfolio oversight, and targeted assurance across Financial Services and the Public Sector. Proven track record of establishing and leading high-performing PMOs supporting £10m+ portfolios. Expert in aligning change initiatives with strategic goals, embedding scalable frameworks, and enabling data-driven decisions through impactful reporting and dashboards. Recognised for a supportive leadership style and strong stakeholder engagement to drive high-quality outcomes.

PMO Manager
Computershare Loan Services (CLS), Skipton | Jun 2016 – Present

Managing the governance and control of a strategic portfolio of major change

• Directed governance and control of a £10m+ major change portfolio, including regulatory and technology projects, asset migrations and efficiency initiatives.
• Built and led a high-performing team of 9 PMO analysts and PSOs that delivered portfolio oversight and broad front-line support across approximately 10-15 change initiatives.
• Developed and embedded a comprehensive change governance framework, enhancing consistency and oversight.
• Enabled better decision-making and transparency by designing executive dashboards, scorecards, and targeted KPIs.
• Ensured full compliance with FCA guidelines and internal controls by partnering with Audit and Compliance teams.
• Implemented project health checks and assurance reviews, reducing delivery risk.
• Introduced internal communications across both the department and the wider company to improve change awareness and engagement.

Programme Office Manager
UKAR (formerly Bradford & Bingley), Bingley | Nov 2014 – Jun 2016

Delivering a dedicated PMO function for integration, transformation and migration programmes

• Managed the Programme Office of 8 analysts to enable the successful delivery of large-scale of a company separation and integration programme.
• Strengthened PMO capability across the programme in planning, reporting, financial tracking, risk management and assurance.
• Introduced Run-to-Live governance, including readiness assessments and go-live checkpoints to reduce delivery risk.
• Coordinated post-implementation support and issue resolution in partnership with delivery teams.
• Built and maintained audit relationships, ensuring timely closure of audit findings.

Global Transformation PMO Manager
Premier Farnell, Leeds | Jan 2014 – Nov 2014

Managed a central PMO focused on consolidated planning and reporting of global initiatives

• Led a central Global PMO team supporting strategic and operational change portfolios across the UK, US, and Asia.
• Owned a global change roadmap of 125+ initiatives, improving visibility, alignment and delivery governance.

Senior Manager, Assurance & Advisory
Deloitte LLP, Leeds | Aug 2003 – Jan 2014

PMO, project and assurance engagements across Financial Services, Healthcare and Higher Education

• Led PMO engagements for clients within Financial Services and the Public Sector, embedding strong governance and value realisation of organisation-wide transformation, integration, and migration programmes.
• Managed the Leeds based PMO for a national-scale IT programme within the NHS.
• Conducted project assurance reviews to evaluate change governance, risk, and control maturity.
• Designed and implemented frameworks to evaluate the effectiveness of IT across numerous clients.
• Developed trusted client relationships through consistent delivery and strategic advisory.

Degree: BSc Industrial Economics, University of Warwick (2002)

Certifications: PRINCE2 | P3O