Dan Graham is a highly experienced disaster risk reduction professional, with a particular passion for water & flood safety/rescue.  His track record of delivering high-quality consultancy, and engaging training courses stretches back over 20 years.  He regularly teaches technical rescue and safety courses for a wide range of clients across the world. He was previously based in the Rohingya Refugee Response in Bangladesh, working to provide firefighting, flood safety and SAR training to the Bangladeshi and Rohinyga refugee populations, which resulted in co-developing the largest refugee-led firefighting service in the world. He has recently achieved Distinction for a Masters in Disaster Resilience and Sustainable Development at the University of Newcastle, Australia, which is co-certified by UNITAR and UNDRR.

Dan speaks fluent French, and also has a LLB Law with French degree, which gives him a deep understanding of the legalities surrounding risk management, and occupational safety. He brings a wealth of commercial & industrial experience as a former COO of an industrial safety company working to provide water safety services into the civil engineering sector. In that role, he led the company to gain UVDB verification & RISQS accreditation. Operationally in the UK, Dan has volunteered for two different Mountain Rescue teams, has been a Community First Responder for two different Ambulance Services, and responded for a number of specialist commercial operators.

In 2007, Dan co-founded Nile Swimmers, now one of the largest drowning prevention organisations in Africa.  He currently sits as Trustee for Nile Swimmers, and dedicates his spare time to supporting the growth of the organisation.  He works in Sudan on a regular basis, and is a passionate advocate for drowning prevention in Africa. Dan passionately believes that increasing safe access to safe water is the best way to reduce drowning risk in any context.

Dan has volunteered as a Trustee for the Royal Life Saving Society UK, and Royal Life Saving Society Commonwealth. In 2017, he completed the development of an entirely new Pool Lifeguard training resource for low resource settings. Dan has been the representative for RLSS UK on the Rescue Commission of the International Lifesaving Federation for eight years.  As part of his role on the Rescue Commission, he has chaired the academic review panel for Rescue for the World Conferences on Drowning Prevention in 2017 and 2019. Additionally, Dan has provided water safety cover or consultancy at a wide range of events including; London Triathlon, the Great Swim Series, the London Olympic Games, the European Games in Azerbaijan, the Kiteboard Pro World Tour, and the Red Bull OutRow.