User:Richard Barfield

I am an independent consultant, previously a director in PwC’s consulting practice where I advised financial services clients on risk and regulatory issues. After over 25 years, I retired from PwC at the end of 2016.

I have followed the Brexit debate with great interest, which led me to:

Develop the Brexit FactBase website in 2018 to provide accessible and objective facts on Brexit

Publish an extensive briefing for non-specialists on UK trade and the World Trade Organisation (with Sir Martin Donnelly, Andrew Sentance CBE, Professor L Alan Winters, George Peretz QC, Professor George Yarrow and others – September 2018)

Write articles for Gina Miller’s ‘End the Chaos’ Campaign on ‘No deal’ and WTO rules (February 2019) and for the Conservative Group for Europe on ‘no deal’ and the challenges with Common Market 2.0 (March/ and April 2019)

While at PwC I edited two books for Thomson Reuters on risk and regulation in the banking industry.

I am an experienced presenter and conference speaker, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a graduate of Manchester University.