Richard Clare

Richard Clare joined Hunt & Coombs as Risk and Compliance Manager in November 2025. Prior to this Richard has been in legal compliance since 2019 and previously worked in regulatory compliance in the finance sector for over 15 years.

Richard initially got into compliance whilst being a developer for an insurer and helped the firm with obtaining authorisation for the Financial Services Authority the precursor to the FCA. Before this Richard spent a number of years in IT doing database and web development so brings a versatile and broad background knowledge to his current role.

The challenges and variety compliance brings is something Richard thoroughly enjoys by understanding the rules and regulations to help support business growth and development. He prioritises helping colleagues understand risk without causing confusion.

Interests

In his spare time Richard enjoys researching his family history and has managed to trace his Father’s family back to the late 1700’s.