Speakers

Richard is the Group Chief Executive Officer of RedCat Pub Company, a new PE backed business which operates over 100 pubs and hotels across RedCat and the Coaching Inn Group. He joined in October 2023. Prior to this Richard was the Chief Executive Officer UK and Ireland at SSP, leading F&B brands and franchises across UK and Ireland’s Airports and Railways, navigating their recovery and repositioning post Covid. Richard held a number of different leadership positions at Greene King over the eight years at the company from 2011, including COO, Group Property Director, and Group Integration Director, as well as various MD roles. Over this time the Group doubled in size and EBITDA. Richard also has significant international experience, having lived and worked for seven years in New Zealand. Richard was COO of the Warehouse, New Zealand’s largest non-food retail group, Before that, he held a variety of operational and commercial roles at both Sainsbury’s and Woolworths in the UK.