Richard was appointed to the National Trust’s Board of Trustees in September 2024. He has spent his professional life in the advertising industry and for the last 16 years has been the Chief Strategy Officer of Saatchi & Saatchi, where he is also now the Chair.
Richard specialises in helping large and complex organisations maintain relevance and prepare for the future. In the past few years, he has worked with EE, BT, The John Lewis Partnership, HSBC, The British Heart Foundation and Direct Line Group amongst others.
Alongside his executive career Richard is a former Trustee of the London International Festival of Theatre. As well as a director of the Welsh social enterprise, Goodwash.
Richard is particularly interested in the challenges of maintaining positive mental health in the workplace and especially post pandemic.
He is a third generation National Trust member and while he was brought up in Devon and Somerset as the son and grandson of farmers he now lives in North London with his family.
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