Richard joined Cineflix Rights as Head of Acquisitions in January 2019, managing the distribution company’s overall acquisition of third-party content from producers around the world, and to date, over 2000 hours of scripted and unscripted content. Previously, he was running his own successful consultancy Universal Corner, supporting independent producers and broadcasters to help develop, finance, distribute, and produce a range of series and specials.

Prior to that, Richard was Head of Acquisitions & Co-productions at ITV Studios Global Entertainment, the worldwide content exploitation business of UK broadcaster and global studio ITV. There, he managed ITVSGE’s development and co-financing investments for a wide range of content from UK, US, and international independent producers

Richard joined ITV in 2007 from Channel 4, where he was as Head of Programming at its global division C4i. He was responsible for raising millions of pounds in co-production finance and for acquiring all content for distribution at C4i. Previously Richard worked as producer and as News Editor of the UK’s TV trade magazine Broadcast.