Richard was appointed in January 2019 as independent non-executive director and Chair of the Personal Finance Board. He has significant banking experience having worked for the Clydesdale and Yorkshire Banking Group PLC (“CYBG”) for nearly 20 years.
In November 2020, he was appointed non-executive director and Group Chair of Places for People Group Limited, a large scale property management, investment, development and regeneration company. In 2017, he retired as Senior Independent Director of CYBG, a role in which he helped oversee the operational separation from National Australia Bank, and as Chair of the Risk Committee.
Richard previously served on the Board of National Australia Group Europe Ltd and on the Board’s Audit and Risk committees.