Richard is Corporate Development Director at Imperial Brands plc, where he is responsible for leading corporate development and M&A activity as well as other strategic initiatives and projects across the business.
Prior to joining Imperial, Richard was a partner at KPMG. He has considerable experience of auditing and advising public and private companies, and of transactions of all kinds, including financing and restructuring, across a wide range of sectors.
He is a Fellow of the ICAEW and holds an MA in Mathematics from the University of Oxford.
Richard has been on the Board of Logista, the logistics and distribution business listed in Madrid, since 2015, and a member of the Audit Committee since 2017.