Richard Simpson
Richard holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) and an MBA from the University of Western Australia. Richard began his career as a petroleum engineer prior to joining NM Rothschild & Sons in London working in corporate finance and specialising in natural resources and privatisations. Richard returned to Australia to join the US Investment Bank, Salomon Brothers Inc based in both Sydney and Melbourne, specialising in M&A and corporate advisory transactions in the resource and infrastructure sectors.
In 1995 Richard returned to Perth to join Hartleys Corporate Finance. Richard served as Head of Corporate Finance from February 2002 to 2009 and was an Executive Chairman and Managing Director of Hartleys Limited from the successful management buyout in 2003 until – August 2008. In addition to his role as a Director in Corporate Finance, Richard is a Director of Euroz Hartleys Group Limited.