Richard is a chartered accountant, who was appointed to the Board on 17 June 2008 as a non-executive director.
Richard spent 27 years within the J Sainsbury plc group of companies where he had considerable experience of property development and financing, having been director of corporate finance and of business development, and a non-executive director of the group’s property development company. He is also a non-executive director of SpaceandPeople plc. He is presently chairman of both the Audit and Remuneration Committees.