Experienced Executive Director.
Richard has a proven track record in change management and successfully leading complex operational activities.
He is agile and action based, challenges assumptions and collaborates with stakeholders using an entrepreneurial change leader mindset.
Richard identifies and prioritises strategic opportunities, with clear decision making and robust actions aligned with realistic time frames leading to the delivery of agreed results.
His straightforward and disarming leadership style creates long lasting trust based relationships with customers, partners and suppliers.
Richard has experience of small businesses, co-operatives, joint ventures and corporate companies including a broad range of mergers and acquisitions.
He has particular expertise in agriculture and agricultural supply chains and logistics.
Richard's areas of expertise are:
- Operational Efficiency
- Property, Assets and Risk
- Health, Safety, Security and Environment
- Leadership, Coaching and Mentoring
Why Us?
We work with you to review strategy, align business needs, create and facilitate improvements.
Our Experience
With over 30 years experience, Richard established R M Pollard Ltd to share his passion for supporting and developing businesses and individuals to achieve their full potential.
Richard started his career as an operator in a seed production warehouse and port-side loading operations. This ground up experience culminated in the last 15 yea
With over 30 years experience, Richard established R M Pollard Ltd to share his passion for supporting and developing businesses and individuals to achieve their full potential.
Richard started his career as an operator in a seed production warehouse and port-side loading operations. This ground up experience culminated in the last 15 years working as the Operations Director for a market leading arable merchant in the UK, and as an Executive Director for a bulk import and export facility at Southampton.
Testimonial
Richard was a key member of the Cargill UK EH&S leadership team for over 10 years helping to embed our safety first culture at the heart of the business. He delivers inspirational EHS strategy presentations at boardroom level and engages teams with motivating toolbox talks in the workplace. His knowledge, experience and pragmatic leadership approach enables him to provide practical safety improvements across diverse business activities and inspire colleagues at all levels to put their own and others safety first.
Paul Kingston, Director Cargill UK Plc, "Helping the world thrive"
Testimonial
Testimonial
Richard made an enormous contribution to the establishment and development of the business we are today. His straightforward and disarming leadership style has been important in developing a collaborative ‘can do’ culture across 50 sites and many acquired businesses. The consistently high standards of performance and safety we enjoy toda
Richard made an enormous contribution to the establishment and development of the business we are today. His straightforward and disarming leadership style has been important in developing a collaborative ‘can do’ culture across 50 sites and many acquired businesses. The consistently high standards of performance and safety we enjoy today have had to be built from the ground up and we owe Richard a debt of gratitude for the role he has played in developing this culture in Cargill, Banks Cargill and in Frontier.
Mark Aitchison, Managing Director Frontier Agriculture Ltd
