Dan Hughes

Dan is founder of ‘Alpha Property Insight’, which helps the property sector to embrace and benefit from innovative thinking and digital transformation. Dan is also Co-Founder of ‘Digital Property Risk’, which helps property professionals to navigate the increasing digital risks that buildings face. 

Before this, Dan spent his career working across the built environment and held senior roles in some of the world's leading data organisations. Dan led the Land and Property Sector strategy and commercial activity at Ordnance Survey, the world’s leading location data specialist. He led the global marketing function at IPD, part of MSCI, the leading global data, index and benchmarking company for property investment. He was also Director of Data and information products for RICS which included BCIS, the world’s leading cost analysis data product, and led a Data Services team providing bespoke consultancy services. ​

Dan also led the PropTech transformation strategy at RICS. When he left, RICS was recognised as the world’s leading PropTech brand and was voted 'Top Association' at the Global PropTech awards. ​

Dan sits on a number of industry panels such as the BPF Technology and Innovation Working Group, the RICS data handling professional statement working group, the EG Tech Advisory Panel, the Cabinet Office - Geospatial Commission National Land Data Programme Expert Advisory Group, Building Safety Alliance Golden Thread SIG, and he is founder of the not-for-profit ‘Real Estate Data Foundation’, helping the sector benefit from data. Dan also holds the position of Trustee for the Property Sector Charity, LandAid sits on the Nomination Committee and Chairs the LandAid Tech Network steering group.  

Dan was author for research reports exploring the future of Commercial Property Valuations, the role of standards in driving a data driven real estate market and the role of digital transformation in UK property, the latter commissioned by the British Property Federation. 

Dan has achieved wide recognition in this space; voted one of the Top 50 Data leaders in the UK in 2017, voted Number 1 PropTech Influencer in the UK and the most influential global person online in PropTech. In 2018 Dan won the inaugural KPMG sponsored EG ‘Bridging the gap award’ recognising his contribution to bringing property and technology together and in 2021, Dan was awarded the UK PropTech Association Special achievement award.