Richard was appointed non-executive director of the Company upon Admission on 19 December 2006. He is also a non-executive director of Tullett Prebon plc. He is chairman of 888 Holdings plc and holds a number of board positions in privately held financial sector companies. He formerly held a number of positions in finance and the City including those of Vice Chairman of the virt-x stock exchange (created by the merger of the Swiss Exchange with Tradepoint), Chief Executive of Tradepoint (an AIM quoted electronic exchange), an executive director of the London Stock Exchange responsible for listing, secondary regulation and the introduction of the SETs trading system and audit partner at Price Waterhouse. He is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Nominations Committees.