Hello – I’m Richard. I’m passionate about helping people make sustainable changes that improve the quality of their work and lives.

My first experience of coaching in 2016 was transformational – it changed how I saw myself and my future. After years of bringing coaching principles into my leadership, I trained and qualified as an Executive Coach with the Academy of Executive Coaching in 2023 and began coaching professionally, gaining accreditation with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) in 2024. I later qualified as an Action Learning Set facilitator (3D Coaching) and now also work as a Coach and Workshop Facilitator with Spark Inside, supporting young men in prisons in the North of England.

Alongside coaching, music has been a constant thread in my life. I sang professionally as a child and spent my career in music – from a global artist agency and a boutique PR consultancy in London to the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM), where I was Head of Programming from 2017–2025. I led a large team and shaped one of the busiest, most forward-looking music programmes in the UK.

My years of leadership in music and higher education gave me a deep understanding of environments that are as meaningful as they are demanding. I know the importance of prioritising a sustainable approach to ambition in workplaces where passion and purpose can quickly lead to burnout. That’s why I coach – not to stifle ambition, but to help people stay ambitious in a way that’s healthy, grounded and sustainable.

Based in Manchester, UK, I work locally and globally. I love supporting organisations rooted in the North of England as much as I enjoy working with clients on the other side of the world. When not coaching or facilitating, I’m happiest with my family, out running, in nature, at the theatre (or the pub), cheering on Queens Park Rangers, grinding black pepper onto almost everything, and occasionally watching a Spanish film I can’t fully explain.