Bio

Richard is the Group CFO of Firebolt Group, an experience economy company. A former Big Four Accounting Firm Partner and US Consulting Firm Senior Managing Director, he left professional services after 15 years to focus on sustainability, working first as the advisor to a US billion-dollar charity addressing plastic waste before joining Nutrition Technologies, a circular economy company, as Group CFO and Board Member. Originally a biochemist by training, his finance career has taken him across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Richard also helps set global valuation standards as a member of the Standards Review Board of the International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC). He regularly speaks on accounting, finance and ESG topics. Richard previously held the post of Honorary Treasurer and Board Member of a dispute resolution charity for seven years and was a member of Adjunct Faculty at Singapore Management University. In his former consulting life he was appointed more than 20 times as a valuation and accounting expert witness or determiner, he has been recognised in Who’s Who Legal for Asset Recovery, Quantum of Damages, Forensic Accounting, Arbitration Expert Witness and Investigations work, and described as ‘an eminent practitioner in the region’ and ‘recognised as a top-tier accounting expert in the region.’