Richard has been Group Chief Executive at bpha, a housing association with homes across the Oxford-Cambrdige arc, since May 2023. He has a passion for housing and the role that housing associations play in supporting the most vulnerable in our society.
Richard has numerous senior leadership positions in the housing sector. Before joining bpha he led One Houisng Group and Spectrum Housing as Chief Executive. Richard has also held a number of senior roles at the housing regulator and investment agency, the Homes and Communities Agency. These included Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Programmes, where he had responsibility for a range of high-profile housing and research programmes and an annual investment fund of £5 billion.