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Darwin Smith is a core member of Boston Consulting Group’s Energy practice and a topic expert in unconventional oil and gas. He has been instrumental in launching BCG’s Calgary office and for building the firm’s presence in Western Canada. Darwin is also a core member of BCG’s Centre for Canada’s Future. In that role, he helps move Canada forward by providing insight and expertise on the country’s most important issues. The centre also aims to convene leaders from the business, government, and nonprofit sectors to work together to achieve impact.

Since joining BCG in 2007, Darwin has worked with clients throughout the energy sector, including utilities, engineering firms, retailers, and oil and gas companies. He has helped these clients address key issues related to corporate development, strategy, and transformative change.

His recent project experience includes helping launch a new energy retailing company, supporting the postmerger integration of two global oil and gas companies, supporting utility regulator negotiations, and conducting strategic due diligence projects covering potential acquisitions in upstream oil and gas.

Darwin also has acquired extensive experience in the industrial goods sector, ranging from portfolio and growth strategy work through to transformation program management.

Prior to joining BCG, Darwin worked in the upstream oil and gas industry for Nexen in Yemen, Canada, and the United Kingdom. He is a professional engineer in Alberta.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

EDUCATION

  • MBA, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario
  • Bachelor of science, mechanical engineering, University of Calgary

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Gold Medal, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario
  • Dean’s List, University of Calgary

Publications and Videos

Canada’s Low-Carbon LNG opportunity | Hero

Canada’s Low-Carbon LNG Opportunity

Canada’s can move now to capture its low-carbon LNG opportunity. In doing so, it will drive both economic and climate benefits, while assuming the role of the ‘Norway of North America’.
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Why Government and Industry Must Get Behind Hydrogen Exports

How Canada can overcome its slower start and deliver low-carbon hydrogen to Northeast Asian consumers.
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Pourquoi le gouvernement canadien devrait soutenir l'exportation d'hydrogène

Comment le Canada peut saisir l'occasion de fournir de l'hydrogène à faible teneur en carbone aux consommateurs d'Asie du Nord-Est.
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The Trillion Dollar Question: How to Survive and Thrive in Canada’s Post-Vaccine Normal?

With the vaccine rollout underway in Canada, the question now is not whether we will get through the crisis, but what Canada will look like afterwards. How do we ensure a prosperous future for Canadians in the post-vaccine normal? That is the trillion dollar question.
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La question à 1 billion de dollars : Comment survivre et prospérer dans la nouvelle réalité canadienne post-vaccin?

Étant donné l’avancement de la campagne de vaccination au Canada, il ne s’agit plus de se demander si le Canada va se sortir de la crise, mais de quoi le pays aura l’air ensuite.

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15 Things to Know About Canadian Infrastructure

BCG’s Centre for Canada’s Future has assessed the infrastructure landscape in Canada, identifying the drivers of—and solutions to—an infrastructure deficit that has been estimated at more than $250 billion by other thought leaders. This report is part of BCG's support of the CanInfra Challenge and Canadian Transformational Infrastructure Summit.
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Prosperity@150

To celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary, BCG takes a look at Canada‘s enormously successful past and bright future. To launch a series of studies advancing a national conversation about Canada’s future we begin with this examination of Canada’s prosperity.