Richard joined Dubai Hurricanes as a player in 2006, soon after moving to the UAE – playing his rugby as a Lock in both the second team and as part of our successful Vets squad for over 15 years before hanging up his boots. Richard has since become involved in the Netball club as a volunteer where his two daughters play.

Professionally Richard is a Partner at EY (one of the ‘Big-4’ accounting firms) working in the Strategy and Transactions part of the business. Richard is an ICAEW accredited Chartered Accountant and also Chairs the Middle East arm of the ICAEW Corporate Finance Faculty. Richard has been living and working in the UAE for over 18 years.