Dan Hook trained as a Naval Architect and is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of RINA. He is an innovator in unmanned systems and was one of the founding team of ASV Ltd which helped lead the way in both commercial and military unmanned surface vehicles. The business sold to L3 Harris in 2018 and Dan went on to become the CTO of Ocean Infinity, helping to develop the Armada system for large (up to 86m) lean and uncrewed ships. 
 
He is now focussed on an electric boat and control technology company, RAD, which he co-founded to help with decarbonisation in the maritime sector. He consults for several high growth businesses and is a non-Executive Director of the National Oceanography Centre.