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Richard Smith

Partner & Chief Financial Officer

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E. richard.smith@inflexion.com
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As a Partner and Chief Financial Officer, Richard is responsible for the finance, legal and tax functions and overseeing the firm’s financial affairs. His remit includes the funds and investment manager operations, portfolio valuations, portfolio reporting and management, fund structuring, financial planning, treasury, legal affairs, compliance and tax. He is also a member of the Investment Committe , Executive Committee and Operations Committee.

Richard has significant private equity experience, and before joining Inflexion in 2017, was Finance Director for 11 years at European Capital, where he built the finance team from inception and was involved in the primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and multiple fund raisings. Prior to this, Richard worked in multiple financial roles at Barclays Capital, qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Arthur Andersen, and also has experience of working in the technology industry at IBM and the energy industry at Mobil Oil.

Richard is keen on all sports, and enjoys playing tennis, football, running and cycling, when he is not spending quality time with his family.

He has a BSc Hons in Business Studies from Aston University.