Since graduating in Politics & International Studies from the University of Warwick in 1995, Dan has spent various stints as an assistant and advisor for several MPs. Outside of Westminster, he has spent most of his professional career as a communications, public policy and campaigns consultant/trainer for a range of organisations and individuals, across all sectors. He has also taught A-level Government & Politics at a school in North London.

Internationally, his experience covers the USA, Brussels, Israel and Palestine, and Afghanistan.

Dan is currently an Honorary Research Associate at University College London and Coordinator of its Institute for Security & Resilience Studies. This includes responsibility for all the Institute’s media relations, digital communications, launches and campaigns. In 2010, he also co-founded GameTrain, a consultancy using games, game theory and gamification for professional development.

Other roles include instructing in the Army Cadet Force, serving as a Trustee of the New Engineering Foundation, and blogging (and micro-blogging) on politics, media, psychology and sport.