Biography
Main responsibilities
Darryl leads the infrastructure debt capability within Aviva Investors Private Markets.
Experience and qualifications
Prior to joining Aviva Investors, Darryl was a partner at KPMG in the Infrastructure Advisory practice. He has significant experience in infrastructure finance, having also worked at Hambros, SG, Newcourt Capital, RBC and was head of European Project Finance at HSBC.
Darryl is widely recognised as one of the leading infrastructure financing experts in the UK and has structured, advised and arranged on a wide number of projects globally and has expertise in public private partnerships. Darryl holds a PhD in Mathematics from Exeter University. He is the Chair of the UK council of the International Project Finance Association.
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