Daniel Palmer
Director | Elevating Education, Everywhere | Autistic Neurodiversity Advocate | #StateSchoolProud
The move
MoveTribal Group → Etio
TitleDirector of Business Development, Education Services → Director of Business Development
LocationUnited Kingdom → Dubai
Career arcRecent arrival
Cross-border moveYes · United Kingdom → United Arab Emirates
Years in UAE7.6
Total experience23.4 years
Etio headcount51-200 employees
Etio industryEducation
Etio HQBristol
Etio founded2005
Etio typePublic Company
Career arc
- Director of Business DevelopmentJun 2024 — Present
Etio· Dubai, United Arab Emirates· Full-time - Director of Business Development, Education ServicesJan 2023 — Jun 2024
Tribal Group· United Kingdom· Full-time - Global Head of Opportunity DevelopmentSep 2021 — Dec 2022EEducation Development Trust· Reading, England, United Kingdom· Full-time
- Co-Chair - Education Working GroupSep 2021 — Sep 2022BBritish Expertise International
- Head of Opportunity DevelopmentJan 2020 — Sep 2021EEducation Development Trust· Reading, United Kingdom· Full-time
- Principal Business Development ConsultantOct 2018 — Jan 2020EEducation Development Trust· Reading, United Kingdom
- Strategic Development ConsultantAug 2017 — Sep 2018EEducation Development Trust· Reading, United Kingdom
- Head of Market DevelopmentDec 2015 — Jul 2017
ECDL Foundation· Dublin, Ireland
- International Development ManagerJul 2014 — Dec 2015
- General ManagerApr 2013 — Dec 2014
ICDL Africa· Dublin, Ireland
- General ManagerJun 2012 — Jun 2014
ICDL Asia· Singapore
- Manager (Interim)Sep 2011 — Dec 2011
ICDL Egypt· Cairo, Egypt
- Regional Development ManagerOct 2006 — Jun 2012
- Strategic Marketing ManagerApr 2005 — Sep 2006
- Research ExecutiveAug 2002 — Apr 2005
Ipsos MORI· London, UK
Education
- Università degli Studi di PadovaPresent
- Università degli Studi di Padova· ERASMUS Programme1998 — 1999
- Eton Institute· Arabic Language and Literature2010 — 2010
- Prifysgol Aberystwyth UniversityMSc · Management (e-Commerce)2000 — 2001
- Prifysgol Aberystwyth UniversityBSc · Business Studies & Italian1996 — 2000
Top skills
Digital TransformationBusiness PlanningMarket ResearchMarketing StrategyProgram ManagementCorporate Finance