Is CEO of Foenix Partners; his 15yr career has been split between investment banking and founding his own projects (financial markets fintech). He has direct exposure to MidCap M&A negotiation deal making. He has lived and studied in Italy (4 years) but also covered Italian energy giants Enel AGIP when in banking. He has been a regular contributor to financial market coverage via live interviews with Bloomberg, CNBC and CNN. He played youth basketball for CSKA and Div 1 soccer at university. Richard holds an undergraduate (dual hons) from the University of Warwick and an MBA from Wharton.