Richard grew up on a wool & beef property near Inverell in northern NSW. He has over a decade of experience with multinational commodity trading houses such as Noble, OLAM, & Quadra;
during which he has also spent time in North & South America, SE Asia, Europe, & Russia. In recent years, he has been predominantly trading grain for the domestic market around some
strategic grain assets in Victoria. In 2017, he moved back to family near Lismore in the Northern Rivers of NSW