Richard is a Partner and KPMG’s Head of UK ESG. He is also a partner in KPMG’s Financial Services Consulting practice with over 25 years’ experience in regulation, controls and assurance. He was KPMG’s national lead on UK Internal Controls Reform between March 2021 and June 2023 helping client prepare to respond to UK Corporate Governance Reform and more widely implement controls over financial reporting.
Richard leads KPMG’s ESG practice across the UK firm helping clients develop and implement their ESG and sustainability strategies, and respond to market, regulatory and reporting developments; together with oversight of KPMG’s ESG Tax, Legal and Assurance practices. Richard has a particular interest in helping companies understand the commercial impact of sustainability and how they consider and respond to the issues of value creation and value protection and harness evolving regulation to develop their businesses.
Richard is Chair of the Financial Services Faculty at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and member of ICAEW Council where he contributes on both Financial Services and Sustainability matters.
Richard was a Specialist Advisor to the House of Commons, Treasury Select Committee from July 2011 to May 2015, serving as an embedded advisor to the Committee from September 2011 to February 2012.