Daniel Thorniley is one of the world's leading authorities on building successful strategies to embrace business opportunities in the world's emerging markets. A former UK Prime Minister has called him: "The world's leading expert on emerging markets."

Daniel is the Founder and President of DT Global Business Consulting GmbH, an advisory firm on business strategy in global and emerging markets. He has exceptional skill sets in global business strategy, business in emerging markets and CEMEA and hands-on operational knowledge of business operations, distribution, partnerships, investments and human resource issues. He holds and has held a number of non-executive and advisory board memberships with major European and US corporations and among other current roles he is a member of the Global Advisory Board of the US company Aecom.

For 23 years, Danny was Senior VP at The Economist Group, Vienna on global corporate business trends, with specialization in BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China), USA, Europe and emerging markets.

Dr. Daniel Thorniley is the author of three books, including one on Russia. He is a regular contributor to print media including Time, East European Newsletter, Foreign Report, Moscow Times and is featured regularly on television: BBC, CNN, Channel Four (UK), CNBC. 

He is invited by clients across the world as a regular speaker on global business trends, business operations, emerging markets and corporate best practice and retained by some of the world's largest corporations both as an advisor and presenter. Danny is regularly invited to talk to CEOs and corporate boards and has worked with most of the world's major MNCs.

Dr. Thorniley has briefed the Chief Executives, Chairmen and Boards of major global organisations, including ABN Amro Bank, Accenture, Baker & McKenzie, Boots International, and many others. He has also been invited to address NATO, The United Nations and various governments including the Russian and the UK Governments.