IAATI-EB ANNUAL TRAINING SEMINAR 2024 - AUSTRIA

2019 – 2020 Baumot Technologie GmbH, Witten
Job: Projectmanagement and R&D, Development of SCR-Systems for buses in Towcester, England
Testing of the SCR-System in combination with synthetic fuels.

2021 – now Brandursachenermittlung Klingenberg, Bochum
Job: Fire cause investigator
Investigating the fire cause on all types of vehicles

Daan Nel is the President of the International Association
of Auto Theft Investigators (IAATI), 2024/2025, having first
joined its Southern African Branch in 1993.
He served as the Southern African Branch President from
2014 to 2017 and has been a member of the international
IAATI board since 2013.
With a background in law enforcement, Daan was a police
officer and detective in the Vehicle Crime Investigation Unit, before moving into the
private sector with Tracker SA. He has been a SAPS reservist in the South African
Police Service, National Investigation Unit, since 1999, holding the rank of Detective
Reservist Captain, and is currently the General Manager: Operations at Zonke-
Unicode. Zonke-Unicode is the gateway between the public and private sector for
stolen vehicle crime data and is a systems company that uses many different
datasets to prevent and combat vehicle crimes.

42 years old, Lives in Hanover
2003-2004 studied general mechanical engineering at the Leibniz University of Hanover
2004-2007 studied automotive technology with a degree in engineering at the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences
2007 until now an employee of DEKRA Automobil in Hanover

- From 2007 on as a test engineer for periodical vehicle monitoring
- Working as an accident analyst in the department of accident analysis and vehicle technology since 2013
- Head of accident analysis and vehicle technology department at the DEKRA Hanover since 2019
- Since 2020, publicly certified expert by the IHK Hanover in the area of ​​road traffic accidents
- Member of IAATI since 2023
- Planned for 2025: publicly certified expert also for ​​damage and assessment