Richard Beresford

Richard Beresford has a diverse work experience spanning over several industries. Richard started their career in 1991 as an Invoice/Debtors Clerk at North Derbyshire Health Authority. Richard then worked as a Management Accountant at East Midlands Electricity plc/E.on from 1993 to 1997, followed by a role as a Management Accountant/Auditor at Bass plc from 1997 to 2000. Beresford then joined Jaguar Land Rover as a Finance Manager from 2000 to 2008. Richard then served as the Finance Director/Bursar at Abbots Bromley School from 2008 to 2014. Beresford worked as a Self Employed Financial Consultant from January 2015 to October 2015. Richard then joined Balfour Beatty Rail as the Financial Controller - Rail International from November 2015 to June 2017. Beresford subsequently held the position of Business Performance Director at SNC-Lavalin Rail & Transit (formerly Interfleet) from July 2017 to February 2019. Currently, they are working as the Head of Finance - Mainland Europe at Arriva Group since March 2019.

Richard Beresford completed their Bachelor of Science degree in Management Sciences from the University of Warwick from 1988 to 1991. In 1989 to 1990, they also attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, but did not obtain a degree or specify a field of study. Later, from 1992 to 1993, Richard pursued a Master of Science degree in Recreation Management at Loughborough University. Prior to their university education, they attended Chesterfield School from 1983 to 1988, although no specific degree or field of study is mentioned for this period.

In terms of certifications, Richard Beresford obtained the Chartered Global Management Accountants certification from CIMA. However, the specific month and year of when they obtained this certification are not provided.