Damian is Director - External Affairs at Low Emission Technology Australian (LETA). LETA are investors in technologies critical to reducing carbon emissions from industry and meeting our international climate commitments. LETA works with like-minded organisations towards reducing industrial emissions and heading to a net-zero emissions future. He has been with LETA since March 2023.

Prior to joining LETA, Damian was Deputy Chief Executive with the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA); he was with APPEA from February 2006-January 2023. During his time with APPEA, Damian headed a policy team with key responsibilities including a range of economic and trade issues within the upstream oil and gas industry, including climate change, energy policy, exploration, fiscal and international trade issues.

Damian commenced his career as an economist in the Australian Public Service and positions within various agencies, including the Productivity Commission. He spent seven years at the Minerals Council of Australia, with a focus on tax policy, climate policy and a range of economic policy issues.

Damian has a Bachelor of Economics and a Graduate Diploma in Public Economic Policy from the Australian National University, where he won the Mathews Prize in Public Economics in 1996. He is a non-Executive Director of the Australian Industry Greenhouse Network (AIGN) and a member of the Economic Society of Australia (ESA).