Mr Richards has been Chief Financial Officer of SGH since October 2013. He is a director of SGH Energy and is a director and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of WesTrac and Coates. He is a director of Boral and is a member of its Audit and Risk and Safety Committees. Mr Richards is also a director of Flagship Property Holdings and a director of Chris O'Brien Lifehouse and Chair of its Audit and Risk Committee. Mr Richards joined SGH from the industrial group, Downer EDI, where he was Deputy Chief Financial Officer responsible for group finance across the company for three years. Prior to joining Downer EDI, Mr Richards was CFO for the Family Operations of LFG, the private investment and philanthropic vehicle of the Lowy Family for two years. Prior to that, Richard held senior finance roles at Qantas for over 10 years. Mr Richards is a former Director and the Chair of Audit and Risk Management Committee of KU - established in 1895 as the Kindergarten Union of New South Wales, KU is one of the childcare providers in Australia. He was also a member of the Marcia Burgess Foundation Committee. Boral Limited during October 2021 and was reappointed during August 2022 (until 5 July 2024, when Boral was delisted. He is member of the Risk Committee and Member of the Technical Committee.
