Richard is the author of Mintel’s annual Global Outlook on Sustainability study and a graduate of the University of Cambridge’s Business Sustainability Management pro-gramme. He has two decades of experience in market re-search, macro trends and futurology. As Senior Trends Consultant in Mintel's Consulting team he works on a range of bespoke strategic and marketing projects. He is a frequent sustainability and trends commentator, publish-ing thought leadership pieces and making conference, webinar and podcast appearances.