Richard is Bursar and Fellow of Jesus College Cambridge, a position he has held since April 2017, where he is responsible for financial, operational and legal matters. This includes managing the College’s endowment, a significant proportion of which is invested in property in and around Cambridge. Prior to this, he was Bursar, Development Director and Fellow of St Edmund’s College Cambridge. Richard is also actively involved with the University of Cambridge, where he is currently a member of the Finance Committee, and recently served as an elected member of the University Council.
Richard trained as a chartered accountant in the City and previously worked in project and corporate finance in infrastructure and utilities, and in wealth management and private banking. He was brought up in Cambridge and is director of a family-owned construction business based in Ely.