Rich would be the first person to acknowledge that he has enjoyed the most varied career, which has taken him all over this country and indeed much further afield! Whilst his first post-grad role as a social worker was with young people in care, he did after that end up spending the next 20 years in hospitality and entertainment – including working on cruise ships for 5 years, professionally entertaining on stage and presenting gigs for local and national radio, managing holiday parks, hotels, and even a seaside pier and theatre! Not to forget a year or so living and working in Spain. A chance meeting however led to Rich returning to health and social care around 15 years ago.

Since then, he has consistently worked for a variety of both large national providers and also privately owned smaller companies, in various roles, including Registered Manager, Operations Manager and Regional Director and is delighted to be joining Danforth now in a regional role.

In his spare time, Rich loves music, theatre, the countryside, loves anything to do with water, boats and the coast...and is also pretty cool settling down with a good book (murder mystery probs), and his pets at home! Rich is passionate about caring for all our people - our residents, and their loved ones, and our team and their loved ones. It’s all about people, for Rich, and always has been.