Darren Naumann AM
Director
Brigadier Darren Naumann (retd) is Infrastructure Advisor to the AOC and serves on the AOC Building Subcommittee. Darren brings a wealth of infrastructure delivery experience from his management of Australia’s multi-billion dollar Defence national capital facilities program, and 36 years in leadership, management, engineering and project, program, and portfolio management.
During his career with the Australian Army, Darren held leadership, military engineering and infrastructure management appointments including six years with the US Army Corps of Engineers and UK Ministry of Defence. He oversaw infrastructure projects from Malaysia to the Cook Islands, including in Aboriginal communities across Australia, under both traditional and public-private partnership modes of delivery.
He has developed and implemented business improvement initiatives for management of the Defence estate in the UK and Australia, and seen operational service as the Force Engineer for the International Force in East Timor (INTERFET). Darren served as Director General Capital Facilities and Infrastructure, managing capital infrastructure works on Defence establishments throughout Australia – a $7 billion portfolio of over 200 projects with annual capital expenditure of over $1.2 billion.
In early 2015, Darren retired from the Australian Regular Army. The Premier of NSW appointed Darren as Regional Recovery Coordinator after the 2015 Hunter Valley and Central Coast super storm. Darren then established Anevay Solutions, a company providing strategic infrastructure, governance, incident management, procurement, and Defence advisory services.
Darren holds an Honours degree in Civil Engineering and a Master of Business Administration. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers, Australia; Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and an accredited Certified Practicing Portfolio Executive of the Australian Institute of Project Management. Darren was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for exceptional service to Defence.