Experience
Companies/roles held:
- Accenture – Partner/ Managing Director
- Findex/Crowe Horwath – Senior Partner
- SMG – Chief Operating Officer/ Head of Coaching
- Simble Solutions – Chief Operating Officer
- Federal Court of Australia – Program Director
- Non-executive Director – Cana Communities & The Marmalade Foundation
Qualifications
- Master of Science in Coaching Psychology
- Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Psychology and Education
Accreditation
- ICF Professional Certified Coach
- LSI, GSI – Human Synergistics Accredited Practitioner
- The Leadership Circle
- Hogan Personality Assessments
- Global Leadership Wellbeing Survey
- Mental Toughness Questionnaire
- Mental Health First Aid
- Luma Institute Design Thinking
about Richard Clarke
Richard has over 30 years of experience as a management consultant, head of operations, and leadership coach. He worked with Accenture on large-scale business and IT transformations, including establishing the Accenture Learning Outsourcing business in Australia and managing training operations for Telstra for 5 years. He was also the COO for IT/SaaS and leadership development companies and a Senior Partner at Findex/Crowe Horwath. As a leadership coach, Richard is calm, thoughtful and quietly challenging. He builds trust quickly and creates a psychologically safe space where clients feel comfortable being vulnerable and honest. Rather than giving answers, he listens deeply, asks insightful questions, and helps people make sense of complexity, clarify what matters, and discover their own path forward. Clients value his balance of reflection and practical action — leaving sessions with greater confidence, clearer thinking and tangible next steps.