Richard Giles

Richard Giles has a diverse work experience in the field of personal care and hair styling. Richard served as the Global Marketing Director for Hair Care at Ashland, where they were responsible for overall business strategy, new product innovation, and communications. During their time at Ashland, they successfully launched several award-winning products and initiatives. Prior to that, Richard worked at Nouryon as an R&D Section Manager in the Personal Care and Hair Styling department. Richard also held various positions at RB, including Senior Team Leader for R&D Technology Innovation, Team Leader for R&D Category Development, and Project Leader for R&D. Before that, they worked as a Scientist at Prosonix and as an Applications Scientist at Chemspeed Technologies.

Richard Giles received their MChem in Medicinal Chemistry from The University of Manchester in 2001. Richard then pursued a PhD in Chemistry at Durham University, which they completed in 2005.