Richard is Pala’s Chief Financial Officer and responsible for all internal financial matters including financial and management reporting, treasury and liquidity management. He leads tax due diligence and corporate structuring, and has been involved in numerous transactions at Pala including Norcast, Gemcom, Cobalt 27, Dumas and Nevada Copper.

Richard also runs a high-yield fixed income book within the Liquid Investment Strategy, in addition to currency trading and hedging of the core portfolio.

Richard has over twenty years of experience in finance, with experience at Merrill Lynch, where he was responsible for the product and financial control functions for both Germany and Switzerland. Richard was also a Director at UBS in the Global Group Treasury Department, where he was responsible for daily financial control and risk reporting for the Interest Rates Desk and Group Treasury’s global balance sheet reporting.
Richard is a Fellow of the ICAEW; a Chartered Accountant.