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Decades of hands-on deal experience in project finance, renewable energy and infrastructure — distilled into training that actually prepares you for the transaction table.

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Our Story

At Pivotal180, we specialize in delivering world-class financial training that empowers professionals to excel at executing complex transactions. Our consultants spent decades as principal investors and advisors, holding board positions across multiple global companies — and saw a persistent gap between academic training and what the deal floor actually demands.

Our training goes beyond the basics. We provide an in-depth understanding of how and why deals work the way they do, not just how to model them. Through simple yet elegant examples and quantitative demonstrations, we make even the most complex material engaging and immediately accessible.

Whether you're structuring a renewable energy project, navigating tax equity partnerships, or building infrastructure finance models from scratch — Pivotal180 gives you the practical foundation to transact with confidence.

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Our Commitment to Excellence

Every course we deliver is built around one question: Would this prepare someone to sit across the table from a lender, investor, or board member and defend their numbers? Each lesson is designed with that goal mind.

Our curriculum is continuously updated to reflect current market structures, regulatory shifts, and evolving deal terms. We don't teach from static textbooks — we teach from the transactions happening right now.

Materials built from real deal documents and term sheets

Curricula reviewed and updated every quarter

Instructors with active advisory and investment roles

Model audits held to the same standard as our training

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WHY CHOOSE PIVOTAL180?

We combine deep transaction expertise with clarity of instruction — so you gain skills that hold up under real deal pressure.

DEAL-FOCUSED APPROACH

Every course is built from real transaction experience. You learn what actually matters at the deal table, not textbook theory and rote formulas.

FLEXIBLE DELIVERY

Self-paced online courses, live-streamed sessions, or custom in-house workshops — training that fits your schedule and team.

COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT

Beyond training, we provide financial advisory services, model audits, transaction support and consulting to see your deals through.

GLOBAL REACH

Professionals across six continents trust Pivotal180 to sharpen their financial modeling and project finance capabilities.

Our Team

Every instructor at Pivotal180 has closed deals, not just taught about them. Here's the team behind the training.

Haydn Palliser

Haydn Palliser

Founder & Instructor
Haydn Palliser is a founder and instructor at Pivotal180 and a globally renowned financial modeling and project finance expert.
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Alison Leckie

Alison Leckie

Founder, COO & CFO
Alison Leckie is a founder and the COO & CFO of Pivotal180. She is responsible for managing business and finance related tasks. Alison will also be leading courses related to FP&A and providing coaching to accountants and FP&A managers.
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Dylan Parkes

Dylan Parkes

Managing Director
Dylan Parkes is a Managing Director at Pivotal180, where he leads online and in-person course training, content development, and consulting services.
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Amir Managing Director

Amir Chirah Mehr

Managing Director
Amir Chireh Mehr is a Managing Director  at Pivotal180. He teaches project finance and financial structuring for climate and energy projects. Amir develops and delivers course content and provides transaction-focused consulting.
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Matt Davis

Matt Davis

Managing Director of Pivotal180 Australia
Matt Davis is a Managing Director at Pivotal180 Australia, responsible for creation of course content, training, and consulting services.
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Serge Scherman

Sergio Scherman

Director of Instructional Design
Sergio Scherman is the director of instructional design at Pivotal180. He’s responsible for planning, developing and managing Pivotal180’s online course content. A passionate and experienced educator, he leads the content creation team.
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Daniel Gross

Daniel Gross

Founder
Daniel Gross is a founder at Pivotal180 and a private equity investor focused on renewable energy, infrastructure and socially responsible impact investing.
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Brent

Brent Grundberg

Advisor
Brent Grundberg is an advisor at Pivotal180 and has spent his entire career focused on the energy, power and infrastructure sectors.
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Jeff

Jeff Reamer

Advisor
Jeff Reamer is an advisor at Pivotal180, a private equity investor and an entrepreneur who has spent his entire career focused on the transition to a lower carbon economy.
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Learn How and When You Want

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PUBLIC INSTRUCTOR LED COURSES

  • Build models live, step by step
  • Real-time instructor feedback
  • Small classes (max ~12)
  • Homework reviewed by instructors
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CUSTOMIZED TRAINING

  • Customized to your organization
  • Real deals, real documents
  • Aligned to your risk framework
  • Homework + access to class recordings
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ONLINE SELF-PACED

  • Learn on your schedule
  • CPD accredited programs
  • Complete model walk-through
    with chapter quizzes

Ready to Elevate Your Financial Expertise?

Whether you're sharpening your own modeling skills or upskilling an entire team before a transaction, we have a program built for where you are right now.

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