Darren Clifford

Darren is an Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company and a global leader in Green Business Building, specializing in supporting early-stage companies to hyperscale, including green growth. He is proficient in stress-testing business ideas, developing growth strategies, and collaboratively executing implementation plans to achieve exceptional impact. Darren brings extensive experience working with both startups and incumbents, successfully launching new businesses across various sectors related to the energy transition. This spans alternative proteins, batteries, blue hydrogen, electric vehicles, electrolysis, green steel, and offshore wind turbines, among others. Darren’s mission is to create distinctive impact by helping hyperscale the deployment of climate technology and capital to accelerate the transition to net zero and generate exceptional financial returns.

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