Richard is a career investment banker with extensive capital markets and corporate finance experience. He has worked previously with Lazard, Charterhouse and UBS and was Vice Chairman of Panmure Gordon.

He is a Senior Advisor of Zeus Capital, a non-executive director of CVS Group plc, an independent director of Alpha Real Capital and Vice Chairman of Invescore Group. He was appointed to the Board in March 2017 and became Chairman of the Company in May 2022.