Melanie Richards
Melanie joined Manchester Square Partners in September 2021 and specialises in sounding board advice to senior leaders across all sectors.
Melanie has extensive board and advisory experience with listed and private equity businesses and is currently Chair of Azets and a Non Executive Director of Morgan Stanley International and HKA.
Melanie has almost 40 years’ corporate finance and capital markets experience. Prior to her plural career Melanie was the Deputy Chair of KPMG UK, with a period as Acting Chair during the pandemic. She drove, with her fellow board members, the firm’s strategic direction and commercial performance. Melanie was heavily involved in its continuing transformation in areas such as risk, culture, diversity and inclusion, reputation and ESG. She ensured the voice of the firm’s key stakeholders was reflected at board level and worked with KPMG’s highest-profile clients and key stakeholders.
Melanie was awarded a CBE for her contribution to business and to the diversity and inclusion agenda in 2019 and was awarded the Freedom of the City of London in 2021.
Melanie is a trustee of The Royal National Theatre and is a member of the Steering Committee for the FTSE Women Leaders Review. Melanie grew up in Wales, is married with two children, and is passionate about rugby and theatre.
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