Since July 2009 Richard has served as both the Vice-President of Research, Extension and Outreach at Nova Scotia Agricultural College, and as the Chief Executive Officer of AgraPoint.
Prior to joining AgraPoint and NSAC, Richard led a diverse career as an agricultural and environmental consultant which has taken him across the globe: as a CUSO Volunteer and agronomist in Nicaragua, a Lead Environment Scientist for Compliance at Qatar Petroleum, Doha Qatar and consulting in over 20 other countries as a former Principal and International Business Unit Director, with Jacques Whitford Limited in Halifax. Richard is trained as an agronomist and soil scientist and continues to undertake research, extension and teaching in soil fertility management, soil carbon and organic matter dynamics, and soil contamination and remediation. |