Richard serves as Chief Commercial Officer at BioConnection in the Netherlands since September 2024.

Richard has more than 20 years of experience in the biopharmaceutical industry and global commercialization in a business-to-business environment. During his career he served in several increasingly senior commercial roles of which 10 years as Chief Commercial Officer at Synthon in the Netherlands and at Galenicum in Spain.

Richard graduated in Chemistry at the University of Amsterdam (cum laude) and holds a Ph.D in Biochemistry. The combination of his scientific background with his commercial and business mindset provides a unique combination for successful understanding of the end-to-end process of development, production and commercialization of medicines in the biopharmaceutical industry.