Daniel was appointed Chief Executive Officer of LCH Group in October 2017. Prior to his appointment, Daniel was most recently Group COO. Daniel joined LCH in 1999, and during his 16-year career at LCH Daniel has had involvement in, and responsibility for, risk management, default management, product management, regulatory strategy, programme delivery sales, marketing and operations across LCH’s SwapClear service, chairing SwapClear Default Management Group and taking part in LCH Risk Committee. In 2014, after returning from four years in the US, where he started and built out LCH’s North America operations and led SwapClear’s client clearing franchise, Daniel took on the role of Global Head of SwapClear and subsequently took responsibility for LCH’s ForexClear and Listed Rates services and the initiation of LCH’s SwapAgent service. Daniel worked at J.P. Morgan from 2005 to 2008 before returning to LCH on 1 September 2008 where he was immediately responsible for the successful trading and unwinding of Lehman Brothers’ LCH-cleared bond and repo portfolio.

In these functions, Daniel has made significant contributions to the development of CCP and derivatives regulatory frameworks across the globe. Daniel was appointed to the Board of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association in April 2018, and is also a member of London Stock Exchange Group’s Executive Committee.