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The team » Richard Litchfield

Richard Litchfield
Managing Director

richard@eastsideconsulting.co.uk

Expertise

Working with private business and third sector organisations on raising investment and growth.

Passions @ work

Helping great ideas become commercial propositions – with clients, with colleagues; Working with inspirational individuals to address social and environmental problems through enterprise and innovation

Passions away from work

My local greasy spoon. Dinner with friends. Brick Lane. The Independent. Cooking. Reading. Running. Marathons (occasionally). West Ham. Spain. Aspirational dancer.

Eastside highlights

It’s great to see Eastside establish itself in the market in the last few years, raising some £13m for clients, and building a strong team of consultants and advisors. In the last 12 months we’ve packed a lot in, winning some 70 client mandates, delivering a European funded programme to social enteprises across the UK, rolling out a new service (the Academy), and establishing an Advisory Board. Oh yes, and this new swanky website!
My work tends to be less hands-on with clients these days, although I continue to be inspired by the entrepreneurs that I do work with: Richard Nicholson at Paremus, Nana Ama Amoo at TAFF [link], Cyndi Rhoades at Anti-Apathy and others.

Historic

I worked in the City for Williams de Broe, and then in corporate finance at Salomon Smith Barney (now Citigroup) focusing on technology IPOs. After leaving the City in 2001, I travelled in South America for a year, and returned to London as a business advisor and part-time journalist before setting-up Eastside in 2004.

Previous experience

• Founder, Eastside, 2004 – to present
• Business consultant and part time journalist, 2002-04
• Corporate finance with Citigroup (Salomon Smith Barney), 1999-2001
• Equity analyst with Williams de Broe, 1997-1999

Education

• BA. Hons. Classics (Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge)

pro bono / volunteer work

• Trustee, Computer Aid International [link]
• Non Exec Director, Big Issue Invest [link]

Nationality

British

Languages

English, potted Spanish