Richard joined Gresham in 2024 and is a Managing Director within the Corporate Advisory business.
Richard has over 15 years experience in investment banking and corporate advisory. Prior to joining Gresham, Richard was Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure at Citi in Australia (2009-2024).
Richard has provided advice on numerous mergers and acquisitions, and capital raisings (including equity and debt) to leading Australian and international companies and funds in the power, utility and infrastructure sectors.
A selection of major transactions on which Richard has advised includes:
- Financial advisor to KKR on the successful acquisition of Zenith Energy (2025)
- Financial advisor to Potentia Energy on the successful acquisition of DIF & CBUS’s renewables portfolio (2025)
- Brookfield on its proposed A$19bn takeover bid for Origin Energy;
- Vector Limited on the sale of their smart metering business to QIC (NZ$2.5bn);
- Brookfield and Grok Ventures on their proposed A$8bn takeover of AGL Energy;
- AusNet on its A$18bn takeover defence from Brookfield;
- NSW Government on the sale of its 49% interest in WestConnex (A$11bn);
- Mercury-PowAR consortium on the takeover of Tilt Renewables (A$3bn);
- Auckland Airport on its NZ$1.2bn equity raising;
- QIC on its acquisition of Iona Gas Storage Facility (A$1.8bn);
- Energy Developments on its A$1.9bn takeover defence from DUET Group;
- CKI on its takeover of Envestra Limited (A$4.6bn);
- AGL Energy on its acquisition of Macquarie Generation (A$1.5bn) and associated $1.2bn equity raising; and
- AGL Energy on its acquisition of Loy Yang A (A$3.1bn) and associated $900m equity raising.
Richard holds a Bachelor of Business from the University of Technology Sydney and is a Chartered Accountant in Australia.