Richard joined T&E in September 2022 as UK director. Before then he worked for a membership body for UK foundations. This included work on a funder commitment on climate change, to encourage foundations in the UK and Europe to focus more on climate change. He has also worked for transport organisations in the UK, including Campaign for Better Transport (CBT) as campaigns director. He started with CBT just after the 2008 financial crash and led their campaigning in the early years of austerity in the UK to protect funding for public transport and to encourage better integration between transport and spatial planning.