Ten years later, working with receivers, public agencies and banks, he led the buyout which created Albion Automotive from the failing Leyland DAF business, saving around 1000 jobs in Glasgow and Lancashire.  As CEO, he went on to build the Albion Auto Industries Group to a profitable £70 million turnover business.

In 2000 Dan became the Managing Director of Johnston Sweepers Ltd., the world’s largest manufacturer of road sweepers, where he spent four years transforming the company’s product range, operations and management and securing its market leadership position.

He has subsequently been involved in several interim management and turnround situations.  He has held a number of non-executive directorships, and continues to operate as a company doctor for large engineering sector businesses.

During the 1990s he was a member of the Secretary of State for Scotland’s Economic Council, and served on the Prime Minister’s Deregulation Task Force.  He has been awarded an MBE for services to engineering.

 Blindside Productions was set up in 2006 to promote new talent and to build a culture of prolonged, sustainable and commercially successful filmmaking in Scotland. The company specialises in producing high quality drama, documentary and corporate films for cinematic, broadcast and internal release. As well as work for BBC Scotland and Channel 4, Blindside’s corporate clients include the NHS, The Scottish Qualifications Authority, The Scottish Recovery Network and Celtic FC amongst others. We deliver memorable, effective films that have clients returning to Blindside year after year. Services to the corporate sector include initial development, script writing and pre-production planning through to filming, editing, picture and sound post-production, web or DVD design and authoring, replication and packaging. Blindside has the resources, experience and talent pool to develop, manage and deliver powerful communications

Blindside also provides production service facilities including budgeting, scheduling, casting, locations, crew, equipment and facilities support to companies wishing to shoot in Scotland. Production service clients include STV, MTP (Sony, Scottish Government, Highland Spring, Strathmore Water, Subway, Adidas, Irn Bru), The Edge (FirstScotRail), HSI London (Miller Lite), Academy Films (British Gas), and Smith & Jones Films (Apoteket).

David Hancock – Producer

David set up the Blindside after several years as a unit manager on feature films, TV drama and commercials. His production experience and relationships with cast, crew, and facilities suppliers throughout Scotland and internationally are a strong foundation on which to build a creative business. He hold degrees in modern history from the University of Oxford and in creative writing from the University of Glasgow.

Kat Hebden – Producer

Kat joined in 2008 after working at MTP, Scotland’s largest commercial production company, and built on Blindside’s success to project the company’s work internationally. Alongside the corporate work that drives a successful business, Kat works with up-and-coming writers and directors to develop new projects. She was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA in 2008 for Irene, a documentary on Alzheimer’s that went on to win Best Documentary at Palm Springs Short Film Festival in California in June 2009. She hold a degree in Film, Television and Theatre Studies from the University of Glasgow.