Daniel holds a degree in civil engineering and has specialization in financial auditing. He has been working for the Brazilian Comptroller General's Office (CGU) since 2008, where he audits State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and supervises the application of public resources. He currently serves as the General Coordinator of Auditing State-Owned Enterprises of the Logistics and Services sectors, working with large companies such as the Brazilian Postal Office, 7 Port Terminals Companies, Brazilian Airport Infrastructure Company, among others. Daniel was part of the CGU working group that developed the methodology for evaluating the integrity of SOEs in 2015, and has supervised several of these assessments since.