Richard Hyde

Richard is a Chartered Accountant and CEO of a business, focusing on industrial brands, growing it both organically and through acquisition. The company is a previous winner of West Midlands SME of the year. Richard is a non executive director of a number of organisations. He was deputy chairman of Advantage West Midlands, the regional development agency until December 2008. He is a non executive director of Centro, the west midlands passenger transport authority that carries one million passengers a day.

Prior to joining his current business Richard worked for Price Waterhouse in London, where his clients were mainly fast-growing entrepreneurial firms. He then went to work for 3i as an investment executive. His role there involved identifying investment opportunities, making investments and managing a portfolio.