A chartered engineer with over 20 years’ industry experience, Dan began his career as a Project Manager for high pressure pipelines and pressure reduction stations. He then worked as Division Director for Energy (UK) at professional services consultancy Rhead Group, before joining Northern Gas Networks (NGN) in 2012 as Head of Investment Planning and Major Projects.

He was seconded to the UK government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) throughout 2016. Having originated and project managed the H21 Leeds City Gate study, Dan returned to NGN to become H21 Programme Director in 2017. In 2019 he joined the Equinor Low Carbon Solutions team working on a range of hydrogen and CCS related projects in the UK and Europe.