Dean joined ICA Partners in 2022 with over 15 years experience in the Australian power, utilities and infrastructure market spanning mergers & acquisitions, brownfield expansions and greenfield developments.

Prior to joining ICA, Dean spent 10 years with Snowy Hydro as General Manager Investment and Strategy, Commercial Director for Snowy 2.0 and Project Director for the Hunter Power Project. Preceding Snowy Hydro, Dean was in the Royal Bank of Scotland M&A team, focused on Power and Utilities. He holds a Master of Commerce (Honours) from the University of New South Wales.

Notable Transactions

• Transaction Lead for the $605 million acquisition of Lumo Energy: 500,000 retail electricity and gas customers, the Direct Connect business and a portfolio of diesel generation assets
• Transaction Lead for the $234 million acquisition of the 667 MW gas-fired Colongra Power Station
• Transaction Lead to source $3.5 billion in fresh banking facilities and $1.3 billion equity to fund Snowy 2.0
• Internal management leadership team when the Commonwealth Government acquired 87% of Snowy Hydro Limited from the NSW and Victorian Governments