Richard has a passion for helping people find purpose and perspective. He brings three decades of business experience as a management consultant, head of operations and leadership coach. As a management consultant with Accenture, Richard helped many client organisations to enable change associated with large scale business and IT transformations including establishing the Accenture Learning Outsourcing business in Australia and managing end-to-end training operations for Telstra for five years. He held the role of Chief Operating Officer for IT/SaaS and Leadership Development companies managing all aspects of these businesses including finance, people & culture, customer services and product development and was a Senior Partner with Accounting firm Findex/Crowe Horwath.

Richard takes an evidence-based, solution-focused approach to coaching, drawing on a range of psychological frameworks such as adult development theory, cognitive behavioural theory and systems thinking. He brings a personalised and collaborative approach to coaching which empowers leaders with autonomy for their own development. Richard has an empathetic, active listening style and a curiosity to dig deeper into underlying beliefs, desires, and motivations. He draws on his strengths of positivity, developer, connector and change agent to support and challenge clients through a blend of coaching and mentoring. Richard’s purpose is “to help leaders navigate their careers and lives so that they can improve the lives of others.”