Richard Buckingham

Richard leads Leathwaite’s Global Technology Officers Practice. With teams in North America, Canada, Europe and Asia, the practice serves clients’ technology and digital search, interim and advisory needs.

Richard was the first promoted Partner at Leathwaite, having initially joined the firm in January 2004. He led a wide spectrum of senior client engagements across Europe, Asia and the U.S. predominantly within the broad spectrum of technology functionality and across sectors. In 2008 Richard moved to New York to lead the U.S. business. Over five years he led the growth of the business whilst also leading a portfolio of search and advisory work across a variety of sectors including banking, asset management, payments, alternatives, insurance, Fintech, PE, retail, CPG and professional services.

Having returned to the UK in 2013 Richard led the growth of Leathwaite’s global Retail Financial Services and Digital business. Richard built a practice focused on CEO, board, general management and CIO positions, as well as rapidly evolving roles across analytics, AI, cloud, agile transformation and cyber security.

Richard’s experience spans CEO, COO, product, digital and board positions but his specialization remains CIO/CTO and the broader technology function, where he advises on the current and next generation of technology, diversity and innovation leadership. He has been retained to lead some of the largest and most impactful CIO and Tech & Ops roles across industries.

Prior to joining Leathwaite Richard worked at a global search and selection firm progressing to consultant within their Financial Services Technology practice. He graduated from Newcastle University in 1999 with a 2:1 honours degree in English Literature and History.

Leathwaite is a human capital specialist providing a variety of products including search, succession planning and interim management, focused on the infrastructure and enablement functions. Leathwaite has enjoyed an excellent reputation since its founding in 1999.