Executive Creative Director / Amsterdam

As ECD/partner Richard helps companies to find their voice and reach their audiences.
He supports clients in financial services, asset management and fintech on media relations, brand activations and corporate events. 

Richard started his career as a journalist; specialized in business, banking and finance. He changed from journalism to PR when he joined broadcaster NBC Europe / CNBC leading the PR team for Nordics, Benelux and France. After this in-house position, Richard founded his first agency which he later sold to Citigate. Before starting the agency that is the Cognito operation in Amsterdam today, Richard was a partner at financial PR boutique agency CitySavvy, where he managed complex pan-European campaigns. With his team at Cognito Richard won several awards over the last year, especially for branded content and corporate content campaigns.

Richard is a member of the International Pressclub Nieuwspoort in The Hague.

He prefers Merlot over every other red wine and reads Carl Hiaasen.