Daniel is the Group Head of Sustainable and Transition Finance at Barclays. He is responsible for Barclays’ ambition to facilitate $1trn of sustainable and transition financing by the end of 2030 and supporting Barclays’s clients navigate the opportunities and challenges of transitioning to a low carbon economy. Daniel also helps set the strategic direction and execution of Barclays’ policies and practices across sustainability, including climate, nature and human rights. Daniel is a member of the Group Sustainability Committee, the Investment Bank Management Team and also the Barclays Climate Ventures Investment Committee, which is investing £500m in fast-growing, innovative and environmentally focused, early-stage technology companies by 2027.
Daniel has worked for over two decades with clients on advisory, financing and capital markets and has helped raise billions of dollars for sustainable infrastructure and social development. He has worked on many sustainable finance ‘firsts’, including the first sovereign blue bond and the first sustainable finance framework for a sovereign wealth fund. Daniel is a board member of British International Investment, which has a portfolio of £7bn focused on development and climate. He has also sat on the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s advisory panel and was part of the expert panel for the UK’s Transition Finance Market Review.