David Brown, Chief Executive

C.Eng BSc (Hons)

David Brown is a chartered engineer with more than 30 years experience in the energy industry in the United Kingdom and Australia. Mr Brown graduated with first class honours in a Bachelor of Science degree in natural gas engineering from the University of Salford in the UK. He started his career with British Gas plc before joining Southern Electric plc at a time of significant change in the UK power industry.

In Australia, Mr Brown has worked as a consultant to the power industry and later as General Manager of Bell Bay Power Pty Ltd, a Hydro Tasmania subsidiary company. He joined CS Energy as General Manager of Operations in 2007 and was appointed as Chief Executive in December of that year. 

During the Queensland Government's restructure of government owned electricity generators, Mr Brown was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer for the period April to June 2011. On 1 July 2011, he was formally appointed as Chief Executive of the restructured CS Energy portfolio.