Mr. Richards is a Corsair Advisory Board member. He is Chairman of the Board of Credit Suisse Holdings (USA).

From 2011 until 2017, Mr. Richards was at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (“FRBNY”) where he was a Senior Vice President and Head of Supervision for Complex Financial Institutions, including the ten largest financial firms in New York. He also served as a member of the Federal Reserve’s system wide operating committee responsible for the supervision of all systemically important firms in the United States. Mr. Richards represented the FRBNY on a number of international committees including the Senior Supervisors Group.

Mr. Richards was General Manager of the Americas for National Australia Bank (“NAB”) from 2002-2010 responsible for all of the Bank’s businesses in the Americas. He joined NAB in 2000 as Managing Director and Head of Client Relationships in the Americas. He also served as Head of Global Financial Institutions for two years. From 1988 to 2000, Mr. Richards worked with UBS as Head of Client Relationship Management for corporations, financial institutions and public sector entities in the US. He started his career with The Chase Manhattan Bank.

Mr. Richards has served on the boards of the Institute of International Bankers, Great Western Bank, the American Australian Association, the US-New Zealand Business Council, and the Shelter for the Homeless.

Mr. Richards is a graduate of Williams College and of several executive programs at the Harvard Business School.