Appointed Director in January 2000 and Chief Executive in July 2004. Richard joined CDC in January 2000 as Finance Director. He is a Trustee of the Overseas Development Institute, the UK’s leading independent think tank on international development, and a Non-executive Director of Aureos Capital, the leading emerging markets private equity fund manager for small and medium enterprises.

Prior to CDC, he spent 15 years at De La Rue where he held a number of positions both in the UK and overseas, latterly as Group Finance Director. He was also a Non-executive Director of Camelot. He previously worked in agribusiness in developing countries, and at PricewaterhouseCoopers.