Richard was CEO of Trade Association British Frozen Food Federation from 2019 to 2022 and is currently Chairman of the Pizza, Pasta and Italian Food Association (his second term) of which he has been a member since 2011.
He has a proven track record of building a business supplying Private Label products to UK supermarkets and a deep knowledge of Private Label supply across all elements of the process.
He is also considered an expert in understanding the UK retail space and often is asked for his views on developments by the media.
Since 2017 he has been a partner at IPLC a boutique consultancy that focuses on Private Label. As part of this Richard runs a Private Label Group, which is a forum for non-competing manufactures into the UK Private Label market.
Richard has experience in lobbying UK Government across a range of policy issues including food, immigration, Brexit, Covid, and food safety and is also an ambassador for More People a leading recruitment provider in the food sector.