Full Name
Darren Brown
Job title
Co Managing Director, Renewables Australia
Organisation
Octopus Investments Australia
Speaker biography
Darren brings over 20 years of experience in the energy sector, specialising in energy infrastructure across acquisition, development, and operations. His impressive career spans leading roles in energy and infrastructure companies across oil, gas, energy transmission, and renewables. Over his career Darren has been instrumental in enabling over $2 billion of renewable energy assets.

As Co-Managing Director of the Octopus Australia Renewables team, Darren sits across the whole asset lifecycle from origination through to operations, with a strong focus on expanding the company’s portfolio of wind, solar, battery, and hybrid assets. Since joining Octopus in 2020, Darren has led the significant acquisitions of Dulacca Wind Farm and Darlington Point Solar Farm, which are now both part of Octopus’ growing portfolio and enabled fundraising of $900m for our flagship OASIS fund.

Outside of forging renewable energy projects, you can find Darren shooting hoops, coaching basketball or kicking a football with his boys.
Session role
Panellist
Darren Brown