On demand: Getting Capital-Ready (Before You Need It)
Event Details
- Time: On demand
- Location: Online via Zoom
- Hosted by: Australian Centre for Business Growth in partnership with ANZ
- Price: Free
2026 ANZ Business Growth Webinar Event Series
This webinar about leading for scale is brought to you by our partner ANZ. It is part of a series of six hosted by Growth Expert Sarah Curtis-Fawley with panellists selected from alumni CEOs and growth experts. They are perfect for business owners looking to grow their company.
On demand – Financing for Growth: Getting Capital-Ready (Before You Need It)
Growth often stalls not because the opportunity isn’t there, but because the business isn’t financially ready to move when it appears. This session focuses on the practical realities of financing growth: how lenders think, what strengthens your position, and the common mistakes that can limit access to capital.
This is not about complex financial theory, it’s about getting the basics right, so funding becomes an enabler, not a bottleneck.
Participants will learn:
- What banks and financiers really look for (and what they don’t)
- How to prepare your business before you seek funding
- Common financing traps that constrain growth
- How to match the right type of finance to the right growth decision
CEO panellists
Andrew Kearney, CFO of TRUCK TECH
Andrew Kearney has worked in finance across a diverse range of large national and multinational companies and industries as well as several high growth founder-led companies. He has considerable experience with the heavy vehicle repair, material maintenance and logistics division of Tenix Defence. He was also previously CFO of Staughton Group – another Alumni of the Australian Centre for Business Growth – that grew 700 percent during his tenure.
Prof. Ryan Williams, Director of Australian Centre for Business Growth and Growth Expert
Ryan Williams is an international business executive, strategist and entrepreneur with two decades of experience in business growth, scaling companies, and managing change across a broad spectrum of start-ups, small and medium companies, and large corporate enterprises.
See other live and on demand webinars available in the series: 2026 ANZ Business Growth webinar series
Important information
The 2026 ANZ Business Growth Program Webinar Event Series (Program) is brought to you by Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited ABN 11 005 357 522, AFSL 234527 (ANZ) and its related bodies corporate (together called the ANZ Group).
Program Provider
The content for the Program is provided by The Australian Centre for Business Growth which is part of Adelaide University. When registering for the Program you will be taken to the Adelaide University website which is external to anz.com and not provided by the ANZ Group. If you have any questions, please contact the Australian Centre for Business Growth team, via 08 8302 0487 or aucbg@unisa.edu.au.
Adelaide University uses Zoom Video Communications Inc (Zoom) to deliver the Program.
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