Richard Bell

Richard Bell is the Global leader of our 1,800 strong Restructuring & Performance Improvement team and a member the Financial Advisory Global Executive. Richard is a Partner in the UK and was previously the Managing Partner of UK Financial Advisory for 5 years, overseeing the growth of the core UK Transaction Services; Forensic; Advisory Corporate Finance; and Real Estate businesses. During his time as UK Financial Advisory Leader, Richard doubled the size of the business. Richard was also instrumental in the rebuilding of the Corporate Turnaround and Performance Improvement teams in the UK following the sale of the UK Insolvency business in 2021. In his role as Global Restructuring & Performance Improvement leader, Richard is the Global Financial Advisory Exec sponsor for the suite of services Deloitte offers to clients to help them move from good to great and from situations of stress and distress. He brings a wealth of experience to this role after managing various parts of the UK firm.

Richard splits his time between Manchester and London and continues to serve clients in our Sports Advisory Business leading some of our most important client relationships and actively engaging with a broad cross-section of clients. Richard has been with Deloitte for 36 years, with 22 years as a Corporate Finance Partner, specializing in Transaction Services to corporate, private equity and other financial institution clients.