In this episode, my guest is Richard Rankin, CEO of H&H Group, a holding company with a long history and deep roots in the rural world. Richard shares his thoughts on why it’s more important to make sure you’re heading in the right direction than knowing exactly what your destination is. He also talks about his biggest challenge as a new CEO in a sector he didn’t know and the role kindness and empathy have played in his success.
Richard left Newcastle University in 1994 joining what became Deloitte and qualified as a Chartered Accountant before moving into Corporate Finance in 1998, working in Newcastle, London and Leeds in transactions from small management buyouts to multi-national corporate acquisitions.
Richard moved to Cumbria in 2003 making Corporate Finance Partner in 2006 running his own teams and offices, along the way advising a multitude of businesses of every size and type and working with Boards of Directors and business owners from helping them develop strategies through to making life changing decisions.
Richard started his CEO position at H&H in July 2018, and continues to enjoy the many challenges this presents. Particularly taking a huge amount of pleasure in coaching and developing his Exec Directors into a strong, high performing but caring team.
Personally, he enjoys keeping fit, particularly running and entering the odd triathlon, watching movies and listening to good music.
Richard Rankin