David Richards
David Richards (soldier, businessman) | |
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Born | 4 March 1952 |
Nationality | UK |
Member of | Ditchley/Governors, Ditchley/UK, Equilibrium Gulf Limited, European Leadership Network, International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Alphen Group |
Career
Later activities
Richards worked as a consultant for the government of the United Arab Emirates[1] and has advised American arms company DynCorp.[2]
From October 2013, Richards has worked as a Senior Adviser to the International Institute for Strategic Studies.[3][4]
He now goes under the name of Lord Richards of Herstmonceux, after being made a life peer in 2014. [1]
A Document by David Richards
Title | Document type | Subject(s) | Description |
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Document:An Open Letter On Defence | open letter | UK/Ministry of Defence UK/Army | An open letter the BBC published from a group of academics and military men written to the UK Prime Minister highlighting "global threats", warning that "security is threatened in almost every corner of the globe" and that decreased military expenditure would "damage our international credibility". Authors included at least three members of the Institute for Statecraft. |
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References
- ↑ Sam Coates Published at 12:01AM, June 1, 2015 (2015-06-01). "Ex-army chief lands job with Gulf state". The Times. Retrieved 2017-02-17.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ "Resources – Influence – Person – 121 – David Richards". CAAT. 2015-09-14. Retrieved 2017-02-17.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ "IISS announces the appointment of General Sir David Richards as Senior Adviser". International Institute for Strategic Studies. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2014.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ "David Richards – Senior Adviser". International Institute for Strategic Studies. Retrieved 1 February 2014.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").