Erik Darner

Erik is an experienced consultant with over 17 years of expertise advising on energy sector transactions, strategy and infrastructure investment globally.

As leader of our Investment and Transaction Advisory Practice, Erik directs client engagements across oil and gas, power, renewables and infrastructure. His work focuses on strategy development, capital raising, mergers and acquisitions, and portfolio optimisation. He has advised major energy companies, financial institutions, private equity firms and government entities across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia Pacific, Russia, the Caspian region and the Americas.

Over his career, Erik has led more than 150 billion dollars in capital raises, M&A transactions and infrastructure deals. Before Wood Mackenzie, he was partner and head of transactions and portfolio value creation advisory at Xynteo, a London-based energy advisory firm. He founded and led the EMEA energy transition advisory practice at S&P Global. Earlier, Erik spent eight years in Asia Pacific scaling the upstream oil and gas strategy and transactions advisory practice at IHS Markit and CERA, building deep expertise across strategy, market analysis and major transaction execution.

Education

MSc Business Management, London Business School

BSc Management and Economics, London School of Economics