Jason Richards is a highly experienced Private Equity Director, Private Company Director, and Corporate Technology Leader with an extensive tenure in global enterprise, mid-sized corporations, and private equity firms. Richards has a strong track record of success across various industries, including Financial Services, Retail, Leisure, Software, and Cyber Security. He is well-versed in identifying, defining, and enabling pragmatic value-creating Technology transformation opportunities. He has a deep knowledge of Technology specifics integration of organisational design, working practices, tooling across Product/Platform, Business Systems, and Infrastructure services.

Richards' expertise spans the entire Private Equity Lifecycle, including Origination, Due Diligence, Optimisation/Ownership, and Realisation/Exit. He deploys sound commercial, technical, and operational methods to deliver cost-effective, reliable, agile, and measurable services. Richards communicates in a charismatic and pragmatic manner, leading by example to engage and motivate. He influences, encourages, and provokes thought across groups of CIOs', CTOs', and CISOs' to accelerate progress and efficiency through mutual learning and sharing. In his free time, Richards engages and influences the wider community through press articles, social postings, Industry advisory panels, and keynote speeches.

Currently, Richards is the Head of Portfolio Technology & Cybersecurity at Hg. Before this role, he served as the Managing Director at XLIV-XLIV Consulting Limited and Operating Partner at Hg. Richards has held several high-profile positions, including CIO at Sophos Limited and Torex Retail Holdings Ltd, Director of International IS at FM Global, International IT Manager at FM Global, International Information Specialist at FM Global, Lead Technology Specialist at Reebok, and Senior Network Operator at American Express (Acuma Limited).