Darren Black

Executive summary

Darren is a Partner in BDO’s Project & Infrastructure Advisory team in Brisbane, as well as BDO’s National Project & Infrastructure Advisory Lead. He has over 20 years’ experience in social and economic infrastructure projects, providing direction, management, and strategic advice to a wide variety of stakeholders and staff.

Working with a range of government agencies and the private sector, he has provided a keen commercial and economic edge to a variety of business case processes. Darren is also skilled in financial and risk analysis for projects’ planning and transaction stages.

A highly motivated leader, he has contributed to many successful project outcomes as leader, team member, and consultant, demonstrating his high flexibility of approach and dynamic thinking.

Expertise

• Business case and government advisory
• Program and project management
• Financial and economic analysis
• Project and transaction structuring
• Due diligence and project coordination
• Regulatory advisory

Experience

Government and public sector

• A federal government rail corporation - Engagement partner and business case lead for a rail project business case
• A state government department - Financial, commercial, and economic adviser for a major light rail project’s business case stage
• A state government-owned utilities company - Led a detailed sourcing strategy review and analysis to determine optimal maintenance and operations
• A state government department - Catchment development project - Undertook a water supply assessment and worked with the technical team to develop analysis options for a financial and economic study.

Utilities

• A water company - Developed a financial model in consultation with various stakeholders to analyse streamlined water treatment outsourcing options
• A gas company - Led the commercial/financial team during a transaction to find a partner to treat wastewater created via the gas extraction process.

Qualifications and affiliations

• Bachelor of Business (Banking & Finance; Economics) (Honours)
• Member, AICD
• Affiliate Member, CA ANZ