His career was in commercial roles, working in strategy and business unit management leading cross-functional and international teams in global companies. Rick completed the CISL Masters in Business Sustainability Leadership in 2015. His project work and dissertation focussed on the potential for business model innovation to increase sustainability in food value chains. From 2016 to 2020 Rick was Commercial Development Director at GALVmed, a non-profit organisation in the veterinary sector serving small-scale livestock producers in Africa and South Asia. He is currently an assessor for 4 of CISL's online courses and the Masters programme, a coach on CISL executive programmes and a supervisor on the Diploma programme.