Richard Barfield advises on prudential risk and regulation. He was previously senior director in PWC’s Risk and Regulatory practice gaining broad-ranging experience in advising financial service organisations at senior levels and leading engagements to address complex and sensitive issues. ​

Richard focuses on prudential risk management for start-ups and recently authorised firms, often solo FCA-regulated. ​

Richard’s work covers risk management frameworks, governance, capital and liquidity management, risk appetite, linking risk and remuneration, stress testing, ring-fencing, etc. Richard also conducts mock regulatory interviews for prospective INEDs on risk and audit. ​

Richard has edited two Practitioner’s Guides for Thomson Reuters on Banking Regulation: Mastering the New Regulatory Landscape (2016) and Basel III and Beyond (Thomson Reuters 2011, reprinted in 2012).​

As an independent consultant Richard undertakes a variety of pro bono work on Brexit.