Richard is Co-Head of the Investment Banking team at Liberum and joined in November 2013.
He has over 30 years’ experience working in corporate finance, equity capital markets and mergers & acquisitions and advising clients across a range of sectors and sizes.
A chartered accountant, he started his career at Charterhouse Group in 1985 as a corporate financier before moving to BZW (subsequently acquired by Credit Suisse) in 1997 in corporate broking and equity capital markets where he spent 10 years.
He was appointed Head of Corporate Finance & Corporate Broking at Oriel Securities in 2007 and then joined Espirito Santo in 2010 where he had been Head of Corporate Broking & Advisory before joining Liberum.
Senior Management Team
Shane Le Prevost
Chairman & Chief Executive
Shane Le Prevost is Chairman, Chief Executive and founder of Liberum.
David Parsons
Director, Head of Equities
David joined Liberum in 2008. Prior to Liberum, David was a Managing Director and Head of UK Equity Sales at Citigroup.
Christopher Howlett
Chief Operating Officer
Christopher is Chief Operating Officer and a member of the Executive Management Team.
Steve Pearce
Co-Head of Investment Banking
Steve joined in 2007 as a founding member of Liberum’s corporate advisory business.
Neil Patel
Investment Banking Managing Director
Neil joined Liberum in 2013. He previously spent 12 years at UBS, acting as broker and advisor to FTSE100 and FTSE 250 companies.
Clayton Bush
Investment Banking Managing Director
Clayton joined Liberum in 2008 from Canaccord, having previously worked for Credit Lyonnais, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and PWC.
Edward Blair
Head of Product Strategy, Equities
Ed joined Liberum in 2007. He previously worked for Cazenove in both Emerging Market and Pan European equity sales.
Lynsey Cox
Head of Corporate & Investor Relations
Lynsey joined Liberum in 2015, having spent 4 years at Numis as an Associate Director on the Investor Relations team.
Mark James
Head of Expert Access
Mark re-joined Liberum in 2016 after four years away setting up an Innovation function for the main board of PwC in the UK.
Rebecca Gordon
General Counsel
Rebecca is General Counsel at Liberum and is also a member of the Risk & Regulatory Committee.
Mark Godridge
Chief Executive Officer - USA
Mark joined Liberum in 2007 and has been in New York for over 20 years selling Pan-European equities throughout the US and Canada.
Julian Collett
Head of Sales
Julian joined in 2007 having previously spent 11 years working at Cazenove.
Joe Brent
Head of Research
Joe joined Liberum in 2009. He was previously Managing Director and Head of UK Small and Mid Cap research at Citigroup.
Graham Smith
Head of Execution
Graham joined Liberum in 2016. Prior to Liberum, Graham has worked for Dillion Reed, Salomon Brothers, Citigroup, Unicredit and Trafalgar Capital.
