Based in Nottingham, Richard has responsibility for new MEIF investments across the East Midlands, as well as managing portfolio investments across the region. He joined Maven in 2018 following a 37-year career with NatWest, Co-op and Handelsbanken, primarily in the SME commercial and corporate banking sectors. During his career, Richard has managed broad portfolios of commercial customers across a wide variety of B2B sectors including manufacturing, engineering and technology. Most of his banking career has been in the East Midlands region.