Daniel is Senior Vice President of Marketing & Business Growth at Dubai Silicon Oasis; a leading Economic Free Zone in the United Arab Emirates and a key contributor to the Dubai Integrated Economic Zones Authority. Current partnerships Daniel is leading include initiatives with Emirates Development Bank, Dubai Chambers International, Dubai Economy & Tourism, MIT DesignX, and others.

Across a 20-year career, Irish national, Daniel has advised +200 governments, ministries of economy and foreign affairs, economic jurisdictions and multinational enterprises across 50 countries: occupying positions of responsibility for industry leaders including UK Trade & Investment, London & Partners, Enterprise Florida and Arizona Department of Commerce whereby he led teams generating more than 5,000 jobs from foreign investors. He has significant international experience in the role that Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) can impact economic growth.

His career has foundational stints working in the aviation, consumer market research and sporting apparel industries in Boston, London and Dublin, respectively. He has also held senior roles leading advisory firms including Wavteq, OCO Global, Mintel and PA Consulting.

Daniel has been an expert panellist at global industry events including Select USA Annual Conference and GITEX, Expand Northstar; trained +500 professionals on behalf of multilateral entities including World Bank, UNIDO and Select USA; whilst also advising corporates, on corporate expansion issues, including Financial Times, Emirates Development Bank, KPMG and HSBC.

Daniel is a member of the Institute for Global Negotiation (IGN) in Zurich, Switzerland and is presently completing training as a Certified International Negotiator (CINTM) via the Chartered Institute of Professional Certifications.