Richard graduated from Kings’ College London with a degree in Business Management in 2006. He now has over 15 years’ experience of analysing small cap companies, initially working in the City with Master Investor Limited and its predecessor companies from 2007 to 2015. He is the former Editorial Director of Spreadbet Magazine and was a Director of Burnbrae Media and ShareCrazy.com.

Richard is qualified to advise retail clients under the Retail Distribution Review. He has also been a judge at the prestigious Small Cap Awards from 2013 to 2023, providing valuable research to the judging panel on the best small cap companies listed in London. Richard has passed all three levels of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) qualification.

Richard is a co-founder of Align Research.