Leighton Richards

Leighton Richards has over 20 years of business experience across consumer goods, agriculture and health & wellness sectors in Australia, New Zealand, South East Asia, China and India. He also has significant experience in the private equity sector with a focus on deal flow, operational direction, strategic business planning, and post-transaction change management.

Mr RIchards has been the chief executive of WelleCo, an Australian-born company pioneering the premium greens and ingestible beauty movement globally, since February 2020. He is also a non-executive director of Sunny Ridge Berry Farms, one of the Mornington Peninsula’s most iconic attractions which produces strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries.

Mr Richards holds a Master of Business Administration and Master of Marketing from Monash University, a degree from Harvard Business School for Advanced Management, a Master Class in Private Equity from London Business School, and is a graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.