Richard Oirschott

Richard is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He is a former licenced insolvency practitioner and former member of the Institute for Turnaround. He holds a B.Sc. in Economics with Accountancy from Loughborough University.

Richard previously established and managed the Barclays Ventures Turnaround Investment Fund. For this he lead over 25 investments was the fund's representative on 15 SME boards (mostly in the UK). Since leaving Barclays he has undertaken various management and advisory roles. These include serving as a non-executive member on the board of The Insolvency Service and Croydon Health Services NHS Trust. 

He currently holds a non-executive director role on the board of Puma Alpha VCT plc. He has over 20 years of experience in corporate recovery. He has worked for UK accountancy firms focused on the UK SME sector, including seven years as a director for PKF.