Headway Capital provides a full range of corporate finance and sustainable finance services to public and private companies, as well as government agencies. We help businesses realise their strategic objectives through inorganic growth, divestment of non-core assets, capital raisings, project financing and strategic reviews.
Ric Sotelo – Director
Ric is a highly experienced senior business executive, with over 25 years’ corporate finance and commercial experience in industry and corporate advisory. He has significant experience in providing advice on mergers and acquisitions, project finance, capital raisings, venture capital and technology commercialisation. This experience has been across sectors which include infrastructure, energy, manufacturing, and life sciences.
More recently, Ric has also been spending considerable time in sustainable finance and in project financing of renewable energy projects.
Ric is also a part-time Industry Fellow at the Department of Banking and Finance, Monash Business School, where he teaches postgraduate students M&A and Sustainable Finance. Ric created and delivers annually Monash University’s inaugural Sustainable Finance unit.
He began his career working for ICI Australia (now Orica) and Dow Chemical as a chemical engineer. After completing an MBA, he has been working in corporate finance at several major industrial companies and in financial services.
His qualifications include a Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering (First Class Honours) from the UNSW, an MBA from the University of Melbourne and CPA. Ric is a Member of CPA Australia, and a Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers.