Richard manages the Artemis Global Energy Fund alongside John Dodd. With an MSc in petroleum engineering from Imperial College, he worked for Exxon and Enterprise Oil, then in 1997 became an oil analyst at Henderson Crosthwaite. He went on to Ernst & Young to work in energy corporate finance, before a period at the specialist investment bank Simmons & Co. Then Richard set up Hulf Hamilton, an independent oil & gas consultancy which provided research to Artemis and others. He joined Artemis in June 2011.