Daniel M. Orlovsky is a Lecturer in Finance at Adelaide University, with over a decade of tertiary teaching experience across undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional levels. His teaching philosophy centres on real-world, relevant, and applied finance, bringing market realities into the classroom through live data, industry platforms, and current events. He designed six courses for the new Adelaide University curriculum, including both postgraduate Finance capstones, which run as staged professional simulations built on live market data rather than prepared examples. His teaching has been recognised with Educator of the Year (2024), Innovations in Community Engagement to Advance Student Learning (2024), and Innovation in Blended Learning (2025).
 
Beyond the classroom, Daniel is an active voice in financial education and public engagement. He co-hosts Finance with DnA alongside colleague Dr Syed Zamin Ali, a podcast on YouTube and Spotify that explores how finance works beyond theory. Its flagship series, Finance with Exes, pairs a finance alumnus with a current student panellist to discuss career pathways and the real-world application of a finance education. Daniel has also contributed to mainstream financial literacy through an expert interview on the ABC's Behind the News, where he explained key investment options — ETFs, shares, crypto, bonds, and superannuation — to a secondary school audience.
 
Daniel designs and delivers customised workshops through the Financial Markets Lab, using industry platforms such as LSEG Workspace, and has led or co-led more than thirty sessions since 2024. Audiences have included Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Guangzhou College of Commerce, Dongbei and Dalian Universities of Finance and Economics, and Feng Chia University, as well as secondary schools such as Chongqing No. 8 Middle School, IQRA College, and University Senior College. He has worked closely with StudyAdelaide and Children's University, with regional outreach extending to Port Lincoln in 2025.
 
Daniel has played a leading role in the University's internationalisation efforts through engagement trips to Shanghai, Nanjing, and Beijing, delivering finance demonstration classes, meeting with partner universities, and participating in media promotions with organisations such as New Oriental Vision Overseas Studies (NOVO) and EIC Education. He also contributes to the organisation and delivery of incoming study tours to Adelaide, work recognised with the Executive Dean's Award for Excellence in International Engagement (Partnership) in 2025.
 
Daniel is Faculty Advisor to the CFA Institute Research Challenge and sits on the national board of the Financial Management Association of Australia as the Adelaide University representative. He established and runs an industry sessions series bringing firms including JBWere, Funds SA, and EY-Parthenon onto campus. Through teaching, public media, podcasting, and international engagement, Daniel works to strengthen the University's global partnerships, raise its profile, and expand access to financial education for diverse audiences.