Richard joined Ethos in 2011 as a Senior Executive focusing on developing in-house value add capability that can be leveraged in collaboration with Ethos portfolio companies.
Richard joins Ethos after a diverse career at BP spanning 25 years, performing a wide variety of roles in South Africa, Africa, UK, Europe and China.During this time he has managed a range of businesses including refining assets, supply, trading and distribution activities, as well as retail and wholesale marketing businesses in Europe and Africa.Richard also had strategy, planning and performance management responsibilities for BP’s global downstream portfolio and played a leading role in launching BP’s downstream activities in China. He concluded his BP career as CFO for BP’s Africa portfolio.
Richard has a BSC Engineering (Chemical) and an MBA.
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