Daniel Gschwind is the CEO for the Queensland Tourism Industry Council (QTIC), the state's peak tourism body. Daniel is on the board of Rainforest CRC, Australian Tourism Research Institute, Decipher Technologies and the Marine and Tropical Science Research Facility.

He is represented on many committees, including with the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) and the Wet Tropics Management Authority (WTMA). He is an Adjunct Professor to the School of Tourism and Leisure Management of University of Queensland.

Daniel holds an honours degree in economics from the University of Queensland and has worked as a senior economist with Queensland Treasury.

He has previously run a yacht charter operation in the Mediterranean for ten years.