ACG Edmonton Virtual Event - Turning Crisis into Opportunity

Darren is a Principal at Ozone Advisory Group, an advisory services firm helping private companies enhance enterprise value through high-performance governance and strategy.  Darren has enjoyed a diverse career spanning a variety of industries including upstream/downstream oil & gas, industrial chemicals, specialty metals, manufacturing, distribution, and construction.  He is a proven executive with 17 years’ experience as CEO of mid-sized companies including Cougar Drilling Solutions, Vallen and Shanahan’s.  He has experience with publicly traded, family-owned and private equity backed enterprises and has participated in numerous acquisitions both as buyer and seller.  He has been doing business internationally for over 22 years throughout the Americas, Asia and Europe.

Darren is an active Corporate Director and Board Chair, sitting on numerous non-profit and private company boards in engineering, construction, machine learning, and oil & gas.  He is Vice Chair at Edmonton Global and he sits on the executive for the Edmonton chapter of the Institute of Corporate Directors.  He teaches and facilitates in the areas of governance, strategy, risk and growth and is passionate about leadership and culture.