Richard is Chairman of the Investment Banking team at Panmure 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.
Management Board
Bidhi Bhoma
Deputy CEO, Executive Director
David Parsons
Head of Equities, Executive Director
Shane Le Prevost
Non-Executive Chair
Andrew Duquemin
Non-Executive Director
Andrew is a Board Director of Panmure Liberum and Liberum Wealth and is also Executive Chairman of Elysium Fund Management.
Julian Plant
Managing Director, CEO Panmure Liberum Inc.
Christopher Howlett
Managing Director, Head of Corporate Strategy
Rebecca Gordon
Managing Director, General Counsel
Dru Danford
Managing Director, Head of Investment Banking
Oliver Baxendale
Managing Director, Head of Equity Sales
Joe Brent
Equity Analyst, Business Services and Construction
Joe joined Liberum in July 2009 and became Head of Research in 2013, before leaving management to focus on Research in 2024.
Graham Smith
Managing Director, Head of ECM
