With well over 30 years
in the field, Richard is one of Australia's
leading participants and commentators on publishing and the media. In his early career he
was co-editor of Oz magazine and founder of the weekly newspaper, Nation
Review. From 1972-86 he was Managing
Director of the book publisher, Angus & Robertson. From 1986-96 he headed Australian
Consolidated Press and until 1998 was a Director of Publishing &
Broadcasting Ltd. Richard is a Director
of Text Media Group Ltd and a business advisor to Techne-Ventures Pty Ltd and
to Pow Wow Events. He is Consultant
Publisher at Allen & Unwin book publishers and author of Executive
Material (2002).