About Me

Hi, I'm Richard

The Fast Brain Coach for Scaleup CEOs

I've spent over 20 years working across pretty much every part of a technology business, starting as a software developer, then moving across partnerships, customer services, and product, and eventually running large teams and P&Ls at Google and Amazon. I've done my own sales and marketing along the way.

That breadth isn't accidental. It's why I can sit in a room with a CTO, a CMO, and a CFO and speak all three languages.

Six years at Google and two at Amazon, leading product teams of 100+ people across programmes with over $1B in revenue impact. Since then, a decade of coaching and consulting with founders and executives across Europe and the US: from fast-growing scaleups to some of the world's largest organisations.

Startups & Scaleups

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At 47, I was diagnosed with ADHD. It explained a lot.

I'd spent years trying to perform by pushing harder. It worked, until it didn't. I burned out twice. The diagnosis prompted me to stop, retrain as an executive coach at Henley Business School, and start building a way of working that actually fits how my brain operates.

Most of the leaders I work with recognise something in that story. They're capable, driven, and privately frustrated by the gap between what they know they can do and what's actually getting done. They're not looking for a harder gear. They're looking for a better fit.

That's what I work on.

I work with clients across Europe and the US, though I live in Luxembourg with my wife, three kids, and my mother-in-law: a full house by any measure. I can order food in French, beer in German, pass tests in Luxembourgish, listen in to my kids in Russian, and I used to be able to flirt in Spanish. Yet despite this, I remain functionally monolingual in most cases. I once rode a bike from Paris to London with 300 other people for charity, which I'm still quietly proud of. And I make a genuinely excellent chili con carne.

I have a BSc in Mathematical and Computer Sciences from Adelaide University, and a Professional Certificate in Executive Coaching from Henley Business School. I'm working toward ICF ACC accreditation.

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