Richard Stephenson served on the Board of the Conservative Party for four years. He became the President of the National Conservative Convention in 2004 and chaired the Party Conference in Bournemouth the same year. He has worked overseas on American Presidential campaigns and has spoken at conferences and advised political parties around the world, including in the USA, Uganda, Pakistan, Estonia and Serbia.

Richard has served as a school governor and a board member of two London based charities. He is a prolific charity fundraiser who started his charity work for Help the Aged at the age of eight. He also sponsors a child in India through Action Aid. He has participated on a number of charity expeditions including trekking along the Great Wall of China for Cancer Research UK and across New Zealand and then to the summit of Kilimanjaro, Africa’s tallest peak, on behalf of The Children’s Society.

Richard now works as a board director of City public relations firm, Smithfield. He is a Freeman of the City of London, a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations.