Richard is an expert in efficiency and commissioning for local and central government.  He is currently the Commissioning Support Programme national lead for efficiency and has worked on major government change programmes for more than 10 years.

In 2005 Richard led the national change programme which redesigned the joint planning and commissioning of all children's services.  Key elements of this approach were then adopted by the major central government departments.  Richard's career however started in the Ministry of Defence in 1996 working on international naval procurement projects and space engineering.  He then progressed through the Department of Health and Department for Education and Skills where he was a policy lead for Children's Trusts and the consequent national service redesign.  Richard is now a consultant, originally working for PriceWaterhouseCoopers before moving to PIPC UK Ltd where he has continued a career managing major change programmes.

Richard is the primary author of the HMG Joint Planning and Commissioning Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services; CSP Achieving Better Outcomes: Commissioning in Children's Services; CSP Commissioning Development Programme training; DfE Change Management Jigsaw; and has been published in leading sector newspapers and magazines.