Richard is Director of Caritas Westminster, the social action agency of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster. He was previously Director of Research & Development at the Power to Change Trust and before that a senior civil servant and deputy director of the independent think tank Reform. He has extensive experience of research and policymaking in the public sector and third sector and has advised governments in Australia, Japan, Europe, Africa and the Middle East about various aspects of public service reform.
He has published on a wide range of topics, including crime and criminal justice, deregulation, fiscal sustainability, philanthropy, social investment and impact evaluation. Richard is a trustee of various Catholic charities and sits on the Advisory Council of the Bayes Business School Centre for Charity Effectiveness.