Current positions:
- Executive Chairman, The Millennium Centre (St Helens) Ltd – Charity No: 1089878
- Incorporating: St Helens Gateway, Millennium Centre Mediation Services, Cafe Millais, Millennium Academy of Art
- Managing Director, Arcoframe Ltd
- Director, Action Resource Ltd
- Incorporating Richards Antiques and Fine Art
Previous positions:
- Chairman Merseyside Regional Association of CHC’s
- Chief Officer, St Helens & Knowsley Community Health Council
- Chairman & Founder St Helens Physically Disabled Society
- Chairman, St Helens District Blind Society
- Chairman, St Helens Sue Ryder Home
- Justice of the Peace
- Honorary Secretary The Athenaeum Club, Liverpool
- Founder & Honorary Secretary St Helens & Knowsley Steering Group
- (Willowbrook Hospice) – Charity No: 1020240
Education:
- Kingsmead Preparatory School, Hoylake, Wirral
- Ruthin School, North Wales
Honours and Awards:
- Honorary Freeman of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens (2002)
- Social Entrepreneur of the Year (2004 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Awards)
- MBE for services to the Millennium Centre and to the people of St Helens (2006)