Richard Houghton

Richard joined The Openwork Partnership in February 2020 and brings us more than 20 years of experience in senior positions across insurance and banking, including Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and non-executive director roles. Prior to this, Richard was in public practice, specialising in audit, corporate finance and corporate recovery. Richard worked for the Royal Bank of Scotland Group for nearly a decade, holding senior finance and executive roles at Direct Line, Insurance, Ulster Bank, and RBS Insurance Group. Between 2007 - 2012 he served as Group Chief Finance Officer at Aspen Insurance Holdings before joining RSA Insurance Group in 2012 as Group Chief Financial Officer. From 2016 to 2017 he served as Interim CFO at Co-operative Insurance and held the same position at Hyperion Insurance Group throughout 2019. Richard is also an experienced non-executive director having served as Chair of the Audit Committee at Standard Life Assurance Ltd between 2017 - 2018, and on the Phoenix Life Boards from 2018 - 2019. Richard is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, having qualified with Deloitte and Touche.