Richard Sadler

Chief Executive Officer

Richard is responsible to the Board of Trustees of Lloyds Register for the overall performance of the Group in terms of financial and non financial results.

Richard is responsible to the Board of Trustees of Lloyd's Register for the overall performance of the Group in terms of financial and non financial results.

Richard joined Lloyd's Register in 1976 and worked in the marine, industrial and offshore sectors before moving overseas for 12 years. He returned to the UK in 1995 as Corporate IT Business Manager and held a number of posts before becoming Marine General Manager, London in 2000. Richard moved to the Royal Bank of Scotland in 2004 as Director Ship Asset Management, and rejoined Lloyd's Register in 2006 as Lloyd's Register EMEA Director. He formally took up the position of CEO on July 1, 2007,

Qualifications

Richard has a BSc Naval Architecture and a Post Graduate Diploma of Welding Technology. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineers, Royal Institution of Naval Architects, and was President of The Welding Institute between 2008 – 2011.

In April 2009, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree by Newcastle University in a ceremony recognising 'individuals of talent and distinction'.

Richard is the Visiting Professor of Dalian Maritime University, Co-Chair of the Marine Industries Leadership Council and a member of the Singapore Maritime Institute International Advisory Panel.

Background

He is married and has two children.