Profile

Daniel advises financial institutions and technology firms on international policy, financial regulation, and market structure.

Until recently, he was an Executive Director at New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority (FMA), where he had numerous responsibilities, including strategy, regulatory policy, economic research, data analytics, international relations, and fintech and innovation. He has served on several IOSCO working groups and advised the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on financial supervision. Earlier in his career, Daniel was a senior civil servant at HM Treasury, responsible for European and international financial services during the UK’s Presidencies of the EU and G7/8.

Daniel previously led Government Affairs and Policy at Binance, following 15 years in investment banking as Global Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs at Deutsche Bank, Standard Chartered, and Barclays. He began his investment banking career at Goldman Sachs, focusing on market structure reform, helped establish the International Finance Facility for Immunisation (IFFIm) in partnership with the World Bank and the Gates Foundation, and chaired ISDA’s Task Force on OTC derivatives reform after the Global Financial Crisis.

Daniel is also affiliated with the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at the University of Cambridge, holds an Honorary Professorship in Economics and Finance at Queen Mary University of London, and serves as a board advisor to several technology start-ups, including Altilium, which recycles and manufactures electric vehicle batteries in the UK.