After starting his career in Brazil’s energy sector, Damien joined Neuf Cegetel’s Finance department in 2000 and then Neoen in 2011 as CFO of the company’s international ventures before focusing on its Australian investments. He was responsible for raising more than €1 billion of project finance debt and preparing the Australian subsidiary for initial public offering on the Paris stock exchange. Damien is widely regarded as having pioneered the use of long-tenor commercial bank debt on Australian renewables projects, which set the trend amongst other developers.

Damien is the Chief Financial Officer of TagEnergy, based in Lisbon.