Richard is a Senior sales broker with more than 20 years' experience in the sale and purchase of motor yachts. As Managing Director of Semi-Custom Yachting at Burgess, he is the senior point of contact for all yacht transactions, sales contracts, marketing strategies and operations for yachts up to 50m. As a Senior Partner, he plays an intrinsic role in the development of new business, as well as mentoring the company’s up-and-coming talent.

Richard joined Burgess in 2005 as Managing Director of the newly established OceanStyle semi-custom division, which specialised in the sale and purchase of yachts between 20m to 40m. Prior to that, he opened and ran the Palma sales office for Princess Yachts, before founding his own brokerage company in Mallorca, which specialised in production motor and sports yachts.
 
‘I’ve always been involved in the yachting sector, first as a sailing instructor, then with skippered charters and setting up the first student yacht racing event in the UK while studying at the University of Plymouth,’ says Richard, who remains a keen sailor and skier. ‘The experience I gained from running my own company gave me a solid foundation from which to build the company’s international operations.’

Following a one year hiatus in 2013 as M Class Director for Princess Yachts, Richard returned to Burgess to become Managing Director for Asia, overseeing the company’s operations in the region. Today, his focus is on working with Burgess’ management and partners to develop the company’s business strategy and growth for the brokerage department. He also remains an active sales broker with a global client base.

‘Burgess has long been a company that I’ve admired and respected,’ he says. ‘I believe the managing partners’ ethics and the values and honesty of the entire team has helped build us to where we are today, and the Partnership Scheme has only added to that, becoming a real goal that the younger generation look to attain.’