Dan has been First Secretary (Economics) at the British Embassy since the beginning of July 2011. Before arriving in DC, he worked for nine years on the macroeconomics side of the UK Treasury. He worked as Private Secretary to the Chief Economic Adviser and advised Ministers on house prices and household consumption; the UK economic forecast; inflation; and the labour market. Dan received a Masters degree in economics from Birkbeck College, University of London in 2008.