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Richard Partridge
Head of Enterprise Change & PMO at Fidelity International
About
Bio: Richard Partridge is Head of Enterprise Change & PMO at Fidelity International, with global responsibilities for the company’s change portfolio. Based in the UK, Richard is also Executive Co-Sponsor of the LGBTQ+ Network at Fidelity and champions the work of the company’s DEI networks worldwide.
Prior to joining Fidelity, Richard worked at KPMG, Aviva Investors and NatWest Group. Throughout his career Richard, has built high-performing cross-functional teams, and has a strong track record of delivering enterprise-wide transformative change in complex, ambiguous and pressurised environments.
Richard believes that diverse and inclusive businesses are best placed to deliver for their clients and contribute to society at large. By enabling everyone to be their authentic selves at work they unlock the full potential of their staff, improve the quality of decision-making and deliver results at pace. In a world of rapid change and uncertainty, Richard believes that global businesses must leverage the insights that come from these different cultures and backgrounds.
Richard mentors the next generation of diverse talent internally at Fidelity and through the LGBT Great network. He is an active role model who strongly supports an environment where people are free to be themselves.
Richard Comments:
“To win in a fast-changing world our industry must adapt and change. We need to fully represent the diverse communities that we serve so we build a deep understanding of client needs and harness the extraordinary talent of our workforce. I’m proud to be sponsoring the LBGTQ+ network at Fidelity as part of building a ‘Winning Team’ culture of respect, empathy, and inclusivity.”
Prior to joining Fidelity, Richard worked at KPMG, Aviva Investors and NatWest Group. Throughout his career Richard, has built high-performing cross-functional teams, and has a strong track record of delivering enterprise-wide transformative change in complex, ambiguous and pressurised environments.
Richard believes that diverse and inclusive businesses are best placed to deliver for their clients and contribute to society at large. By enabling everyone to be their authentic selves at work they unlock the full potential of their staff, improve the quality of decision-making and deliver results at pace. In a world of rapid change and uncertainty, Richard believes that global businesses must leverage the insights that come from these different cultures and backgrounds.
Richard mentors the next generation of diverse talent internally at Fidelity and through the LGBT Great network. He is an active role model who strongly supports an environment where people are free to be themselves.
Richard Comments:
“To win in a fast-changing world our industry must adapt and change. We need to fully represent the diverse communities that we serve so we build a deep understanding of client needs and harness the extraordinary talent of our workforce. I’m proud to be sponsoring the LBGTQ+ network at Fidelity as part of building a ‘Winning Team’ culture of respect, empathy, and inclusivity.”
Mentor Availability: Unavailable
London, England
Experience Level: Executive Director
Areas of Expertise: Change & business transformation, Digital, Investment, Wealth Management
Richard is a strategist who is able to understand customer needs and business imperatives and translate them into enterprise change programmes. An Executive Director who has built and managed high-performing change, oversight and operations teams and has a strong track record of delivery of enterprise-wide transformative change in complex, ambiguous and pressurised environments.
Richard has led large, complex change portfolios and strategic transformation programmes across all areas of Investment Management, distribution and manufacturing, front, middle and back office, strategic change, transformation, customer centric proposition development, digitisation of service, regulatory change, risk, remediation, cost management and continuous improvement.
Richard is Accountable Executive for the £100m+ re-platforming and digital transformation of Fidelity’s UK Personal Investing & Advisory Services business including new strategic Investment Platform Bravura Sonata, new responsive websites, introduction of retail brokerage and enhanced proposition.
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2026-06-01
Project 1000, Pride Role Models & Allies 2025