Peter Richards is an Australian business entrepreneur who has founded, owned and managed 6 businesses to success including one business sold to an Australian Bank and one taken to an ASX listing. One wholly owned business grew to become Australia’s largest independently owned securities company which operated in the financial planning, investment and capital markets financial sectors. His business network is wide and very well connected.
Peter was retained as a consultant and expert witness for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) between 1997 an 2001 on matters relating to compliance, industry standards and market surveillance.
He is an involved investor and has a history of being listed in the top twenty shareholders in a range of small cap ASX listed companies principally in mining and energy. He has hands on experience in a number of industries including financial services, software development, real estate development, mining, and agriculture for local and export markets.