Dawid is a reformed barrister of Lincoln's Inn, who subsequently spent sixteen years as an investment banker. In 2006, he left the industry to set up Redington, a City firm advising large institutional pension funds and insurance companies. Redington advises pension funds with around US$550 billion in assets. In 2009, Dawid set up Mallowstreet, which is now the established specialist online community for the UK pensions and savings industry. Mallowstreet has over 3,000 members representing over $2 trillion in pension fund assets across 800 pension schemes.

Most recently, he founded Partnership for Change, a collaboration platform that combines fintech, healthcare technology, ed-tech and sustainability. Partnership for Change has three core areas of focus: Research, an Accelerator Platform and Social Infrastructure Reform.

Dawid is a governor of the University of Hertfordshire, a trustee of the Chineke! Orchestra and is on the Global Advisory Council of Tobacco Free Portfolios. He is a frequent blogger and commentator on innovation, pensions, savings and healthcare, and he is currently attempting to help build a specialist heart hospital in Ghana.