Darren Powell

Darren Powell has a diverse range of work experience in financial and executive roles. Darren is currently the Chief Executive Officer at NRG Riverside since February 2022. Prior to this, Darren served as the Group CFO at NRG Riverside from July 2021 to March 2022. Darren worked as the Finance Director at Access Creative College from May 2016 to July 2021. Darren also held the positions of Chief Financial Officer at Just Childcare Ltd, WRG Live, and IESA Ltd in the years 2015 and 2014-2015 respectively. From April 2011 to February 2014, they worked as the Finance Director at Kidsunlimited. Darren started their career as an Assistant Manager at PwC in September 1998, and worked there until August 2002.

Darren Powell's education history begins in 1986 when they started attending The Manor School, where they earned their GCSE's by 1991. After completing their GCSE's, they went on to Margaret Danyers from 1992 to 1994 to pursue their A Levels in Maths, English, PE, Human Biology, and History. Subsequently, Darren continued their education at The University of Salford from 1994 to 1998. During this time, they studied Maths with business and had a special focus on Operational Research. Additionally, Darren also had the opportunity to study in America as part of their degree program.