Hello, my name is Richard. I am a member of the Finance and Staffing Committee, and I work closely with many Wellmoor projects.

Like so many people in Devon I migrated to the County when I was much younger, in fact in my mid-twenties, not long after leaving London University.

For over twenty years I practiced as a chartered surveyor and estate agent, with my ‘non work’ time being fully taken up by my quickly growing family – my wife Andrea and our four children.

I moved to Winchester for a couple of stressful years before moving from the profession in to the world of occupational standards and vocational qualifications with a national quango – finally retiring in 2014 fairly soon after moving to Moretonhampstead .

I have always been interested in charity work, forming a local branch of Shelter (national campaign for the homeless), being a trustee both of Citizens Advice Exeter and CAB Devon before concentrating on Moretonhampstead Development Trust and Wellmoor.