Dave joined the Insolvency Service in March 2022 as the Director of Investigation and Enforcement Services.

His public service career began in local government assessing claims for Housing and Council Tax Benefit before moving into Fraud Investigation. In 2001, he joined the UK Immigration Service (now Immigration Enforcement) in Liverpool working on the primary arrivals (passport) control and undertaking enforcement operations to apprehend immigration offenders.

Dave moved into criminal investigation in 2008 and was responsible for the creation of new Immigration Crime Teams which involved working closely with UK constabularies . In the years that followed, Dave was responsible for developing national capability to support work against international organised crime. This included the creation of Financial Investigation teams, digital forensics capability and the implementation of new case management systems. Prior to joining the agency, Dave led Crime Operations and Specialist Capabilities (Surveillance, Undercover operations, Digital Forensics and Fugitive recovery)