Richard originally trained in medicine at Cambridge University and then the Royal London Hospital where he graduated in 1990. He joined the SHO rotation at Guy’s Hospital and then started renal specialist training in 1993, working at Ashford Hospital in Middlesex followed by Hammersmith Hospital in West London. he was awarded an MRC training fellowship in 1996 and completed his PHD in 2001. After completing his CCT in nephrology and general medicine he moved to Leeds to take up a position as a consultant nephrologist in 2001. Since that time he worked in all areas of nephrology but with a specialist interest in transplantation. He has run a 48 station satellite dialysis unit since 2002 and has experience of looking after patient’s on peritoneal dialysis. He continues to contribute to the on-call nephrologist rota and inpatient duties. His particular interests include tubulointerstitial nephritis, glomerular disease and all aspects of transplantation. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed publications and was awarded an honorary clinical associate professorship by Leeds University in 2014. He has been heavily involved in the British Transplantation Society since 2009 and served as the treasurer on the executive committee between 2011 and 2016. In 2016 he was appointed as Chair of the Renal Services Clinical Reference Group.