Richard is Managing Director of Punter Southall Transaction Services.

He has been advising corporate entities on pension and investment issues since 1996 and has been at Punter Southall since 1999, including a period working for Punter Southall LLC in Boston, USA. 

Richard has been involved in a large number of international mergers and acquisitions particularly involving UK and US interests, for both corporate buyers and private equity firms. Amongst other clients, Richard is the lead consultant for an investment company, for whom he provides actuarial and investment advice on a number of global pension schemes with more than $3 billion in assets.  He also provides employer covenant advice to both trustees and sponsoring employers.

Richard has a degree in Business Economics and became a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries in 2002.