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Richard Bradley

Senior Compliance Manager at Succession Wealth

About

Bio: Richard is a Senior Compliance Manager for Succession Wealth. He’s part of a team that helps oversee the firm’s regulatory compliance requirements, having joined them in November 2023.

Since 2009, Succession has built up a national firm of more than 200 Wealth Planners delivering high-quality independent financial advice to more than 20,000 clients throughout the UK.

Succession is committed to building a culture of inclusion and diversity. Having a diverse team of employees enables them to grow, innovate and better understand the communities in which they operate.

As such, Succession has a DE&I committee made up of colleagues who have real living experience of the broad range of diversity that makes all who we are, as well as supporting Ally’s. Richard has joined the committee and offers his support within the LGBTQI+ sub-committee.

Richard began his career in Financial Services in 1995 and has seen many changes. In much of this time, he has not knowingly met another out gay person in the industry, despite attending many networking and various industry seminars. Richard states “It has at times felt a lonely place to be”.

After being with his previous employer for over 8 years, Richard said it was a very strange feeling upon joining Succession, having to go through the whole “coming out” experience all over again when asked about “family”. Richard adds that he felt more apprehensive about this, than the "first day" at new a job nerves, as you never know what the reactions will be. Richard refuses to hide who he is, he states that. “If you don’t feel you can be your “full self” at work, then you will never be able to showcase your complete talent and ability and be your best”. Knowing Succession’s DE&I of course helped on joining.

For this reason, he feels it is of vital importance that there is much more visibility of LGBT+ people and role models in Financial Services. He believes that the “LGBT great” network is a huge asset to visibility, engaging firms large and small and for all LGBT+ employees to embrace the diversity and talent that LGBT+ people can bring. He believes being a role model and sharing his story with “LGBT great” can help advance the message, to help others who want a career in Financial Services, in that identifying as LGBT+ is not going to hold you back.

Richard is an openly gay man and values all areas of diversity and inclusion.

Outside of work, Richard previously volunteered as a Police Officer (Special Constable) for Northamptonshire Police, a role he undertook between March 2012 and April 2019. A special Constable has exactly the same powers/training/responsibility/uniform as a “regular” Police officer – just not paid. When he left service, he was an Inspector by rank, responsible for around 120 Special Constables, and part of the senior leadership team. Together with another Inspector, he helped re-launch a LGBT+ network for all the Special’s within the force who identify as such, to ensure that they felt included, valued, and had support. The force as a whole is absolutely committed to having a diverse workforce and encourages everyone to bring their “whole self” to the role to mirror the communities that they serve. He does still volunteer with Northants police, but now in a different role.
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