Richard was born on June 5, 1950, in St. Fons,
France. He was President and CEO of FireEx Consultant GmbH since 1999 and from 2016 to 2025 CTO of the company. From 2019 until 2025 Richard was President of IND EX®.
Richard was appointed honorary member of IND EX® e. V. shortly after its foundation in 2009 and since then he participated in many IND EX® activities such as seminars and symposia in Glasgow, Mumbai, Shanghai, Radenci, Nuremberg, Krakow, Barcelona, Dortmund, Basel. As an Honorary Member and President of IND EX®, Honorary President Richard continues to be involved in the support and development of computer-based programmes such as EXTOOLS®mobile, EXTOOLS®pro, e-Learnings and TSTOOLS®basic. He also supports the IND EX® Scientific and Technical Committee STC as required.
