Richard is currently CFO of the INEOS Energy business having taken up the role in July 2022.

Richard is a qualified accountant with over 25 years’ experience in the oil and gas industry working in a number of finance roles. Richard initially qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Ernst & Young LLP before moving into investment banking and stockbroking covering the oil sector at HSBC, Oriel Securities and RBC Capital Markets. He then joined Ophir Energy in a senior Strategy and Investor Relations role before moving to Premier Oil where he was Finance Director and then Interim Chief Executive Officer ahead of the completion of the merger that created Harbour Energy.