Richard Nelson

Richard Nelson began his career in finance with the Australian Guarantee Corporation in 1972. After reaching the position of regional credit manager, he joined Australia’s largest Ford truck and car dealer, Denmac Ford, as general manager of finance. In 1982, Mr Nelson founded the Centrepoint Finance Group which grew rapidly and made two major acquisitions, resulting in the Group becoming one of Australia’s largest commercial finance brokers. Centrepoint Finance merged with Alliance Finance in 2005 and Mr Nelson became managing director of the merged group. In 2007, he stepped aside to take on the position of deputy chair and non-executive director, before being appointed chair in June 2009.