Richard is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (FCA) having qualified as a chartered accountant in 1968. Most of his career has been with Coopers & Lybrand (now PWC) where, based in London, he was a partner responsible for the development of their practice in emerging and growing businesses in both the UK and the US.
In 1994 he set up his own consultancy practice which enabled him to provide more in depth advice to such companies. He has been involved with the school in London, in one capacity or another, for approximately 20 years and with the school in New York since its inception.