Richard is Chief Data Officer at Ofcom, the UK communications regulator. He is a member of the Technology, Data and Innovation Group, and is responsible for enabling data and analytics capabilities across Ofcom. Richard joined from Lloyds Banking Group where he headed up the Innovation and Analytics Centres of Excellence. Richard has a wealth of experience delivering advanced analytical applications based on machine learning to fields as diverse as economics, ecology, biochemistry, financial services and telecommunications. Richard is a world leader in advanced analytics, machine learning and applied mathematics, he has been keynote speaker at a range of international conferences on the use of novel analytical methods applied to industry. His key strengths are in building expert teams of data scientists that are able to challenge businesses to adopt the most up to date techniques and help them adopt data driven decisioning in all areas of their work.