Richard is the Clinical Director of Peninsula Health Mental Health Service and Chair of the Victorian Branch of the RANZCP. He is an adjunct Professor at Monash University. He is a Board Member of the Butterfly Foundation, the national eating disorder charity, and of Mental Health Victoria the peak body representing the Victorian Mental Health Sector. He is a member of the National Eating Disorder Collaboration, and co- author of RANZCP Clinical Practice Guidelines for the treatment of eating disorders. He is an Editorial Board member of national and international academic journals and sits on numerous federal and state based planning or advisory committees. He has published more than 50 peer reviewed articles or book chapters on a range of topics including CBT, treatment of psychosis, eating disorders, psychosocial interventions in mental health services, health service redesign, and homelessness.