Richard Taylor
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Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
Chairman & Managing Director
London, GB
Profile Verified by The Marque
Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
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In Their Own Right
Biography
Richard Taylor is Chairman and Managing Director of Greenhill & Co. International LLP, Greenhill's UK business.
He was formerly the Chairman of Barclays' Global Corporate and Investment Banking activities. He joined Barclays in 2011 as head of UK Investment Banking, and was subsequently promoted to run the bank’s Investment Banking Division in Europe, Middle East and Africa, and then the division on a global basis.
Richard began his career with Arthur Andersen, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant before moving into Investment Banking with HSBC. In 2000, he joined Merrill Lynch and worked in a variety of roles including co-heading the German Investment Banking activities and then head of UK Corporate and Investment Banking. Throughout his career, Richard has played leading roles in advising companies on mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt-related transactions.
In April 2024, Richard became a Non-Executive Director of Severn Trent Plc, and a member of the company’s Treasury, Remuneration, Audit and Risk and Nominations Committees.
Richard is the youngest of twelve children and a keen philanthropist. He serves on the Advisory Board for The Sutton Trust, a charity which champions social mobility from birth to the workplace in order that every young person has the chance to succeed in life. Additionally, he has given talks for Speakers for Schools, which seeks to end educational inequality and, since September 2022, has been a trustee of Teach First. Richard is also a Campaign Board Member of Historic Royal Palaces.
The Record
Background
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Present
Chartered Accountant
Arthur Andersen
Arthur Andersen was one of the leading accountancy and consultancy firms in the UK. In 2002, it was acquired by Deloitte
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2020 — Present
Chairman & Managing Director
Greenhill & Co International LLP
Greenhill & Co., Inc. is a leading independent investment bank entirely focused on providing financial advice on significant mergers, acquisitions, restructurings, financings and capital raising to corporations, partnerships, institutions and governments globally.
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2011 — 2019
Chairman of Global Corporate & Investment Banking
Barclays PLC
Barclays is headquartered in London and is a multinational consumer and wholesale bank. Its Corporate and Investment Bank supports, amongst others, corporate clients in their strategic, financing and risk management objectives.
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2000 — 2011
Head of UK & Ireland Corporate and Investment Banking
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Bank of America Merrill Lynch is one of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individuals, small- and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services.
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1991 — 2000
Head of M&A Execution
HSBC
HSBC is one of the largest financial and banking services businesses in the world. Between their four global businesses, which consist of Investment banking, Commercial Banking, Retail banking and wealth management and Global Private Banking, they serve more than 40 million customers globally.
In The News
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18 March 2024
Severn Trent Plc appoints Richard Taylor as a Non-Executive Director
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Formative Years
Education
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ICAEW
Associate Member
1990 — 1990
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University of Southampton
BSc (First Class) Civil Engineering and John Eustice Memorial Prize Winner
1984 — 1987
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Geoffrey Chaucer School
1976 — 1983
Areas Of Focus