Richard is a consultant and adviser to a wide range of firms in the communications sector. He is an Associate at Frontier Economics in London, a Senior Policy Adviser to Wiley Rein LLP in Washington DC and an advisory board member at Gigaclear plc.

Richard lectures at Kings College and University College, London and is a Research Fellow at the Centre on Regulation in Europe. Between 2001 and 2013 he was the Group Public Policy Director at Vodafone and a member of the Senior Leadership Committee, reporting to the Executive Committee. He was responsible for Vodafone’s engagement with regulators and competition authorities throughout Europe, the US and Asia Pacific and was involved in numerous transactions and regulatory proceedings. Prior to 2001 Richard was a Vice President and member of the Executive Committee at MCI WorldCom, and held senior roles in UK telecoms firms since 1991