David Vickerman serves as Chief Financial Officer for Sol Systems.
Vickerman most recently served as a Managing Director for Macquarie Capital, a global investment bank. Prior to this role, Vickerman spent six years as Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer at Silicon Ranch Corporation, a US Solar IPP backed by Shell and Manulife Investment Management/John Hancock. Over his tenure at SRC, David also spent time, as Chief Corporate Development Officer, responsible for corporate finance, project finance, project development, EPC delivery and asset management.
Under Vickerman’s leadership, Silicon Ranch completed an institutional equity investment exceeding $140 million into the company by Partners Group, executed a subsequent equity transaction with Shell, and closed over $1.5 billion in solar project finance transactions. While Vickerman was at Silicon Ranch, the company grew its portfolio from 50 MW in operating solar assets to over 2.2 GW in operating and contracted solar assets.
Prior to his time at Silicon Ranch, David held senior positions at TD Greystone and other private financial firms. Vickerman holds a BSc in Mathematics from Western University in Ontario and an MBA from Wake Forest University, where he currently serves on the business school’s board of directors. Additionally, David completed the Rotman School’s Institute of Corporate Director’s Program at the University of Toronto.