Dan is the CEO of the Space Industry Association of Australia (SIAA) and brings extensive global and Australian executive, board and government experience across communications, technology, infrastructure, digital transformation and AI. Dan’s executive leadership experience spans government and media, legal, strategy, wholesale and retail P&L leadership and growth, innovation and M&A. 

Dan has served as Vodafone Group’s Public Policy Director for Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific based in London; Head of Regulatory of Vodafone India based in Mumbai; Chief Strategy Officer and Corporate Affairs Director of Vodafone Australia; Senior Adviser to the Communications Minister; and Senior Associate at leading Asia-Pacific technology law firm Gilbert + Tobin Lawyers.

Dan has lived, worked or studied in 13 countries and brings extensive experience in international policy and business including as a Director of the UK-India Business Council and GSMA’s Chief Regulatory Officers Group.

Dan is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD), and has Chaired the Vodafone and TPG Telecom Foundations and the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA). Dan is currently a Non-Executive Director of Infoxchange.org which delivers leading-edge IT, cyber-security and AI hardware, services and training to over 38,000 not-for-profits throughout Australia and the Asia-Pacific.