Charles Dunstone - Chairman of Carphone Warehouse Group Plc and Chairman of TalkTalk Group Plc
'Richard was a key member of the CPW Executive Team in his 10 years at the Group, and played an integral part in the aggressive roll out of the CPW footprint across the various European
markets.
This was achieved through a combination of careful and considered site selection in our organic growth and on the property side, a very close involvement in all of the Corporate
acquisitions.'
Roger Taylor - Chief Executive Officer, Carphone Warehouse Group Plc
'During his time at the Group, Richard delivered a number of property development projects. Not only were these projects delivered on-time and within budget, but also significant
improvements were made to the freehold property values through an innovative approach taken to each transaction. This enabled the business to release substantial property profits
over the last 10 years.'
John Gildersleeve - Chairman British Land
‘I worked with Richard at CPW from 2004, through a period of extraordinary growth and more recently, a period where there was a strong emphasis on property cost control.
Through the CPW Group Property Committee, he put in place a robust Reporting Pack which proved to be invaluable in tracking all the important property KPI’s needed to assess the performance of the
property portfolio month by month.
Richard managed his Pan-European Property Team very tightly, so that any variances were always aggressively addressed, to the point where Richard and his Team were a cornerstone in the success of the
Group.’
Nick Mather - Former CEO of Hamleys, Finance Director of Liberty's and CFO of White Stuff
'Richard clearly has a lot of extensive and very relevant experience in the retail property market and has a strong network of contacts. The emphasis of the work we completed together, related to
Location Strategy and a Property Cost Savings Initiative, where significant sums were saved in a very short period of time.'
William Kim - CEO AllSaints
'Simply thank you for all your efforts this past year Richard and what you have accomplished!
Truly great.'