Richard Nicholls

Experience headlines: Richard has 25 years’ experience in corporate services, business development/fundraising and marketing roles in heritage, education, arts, and health & wellbeing. Previous roles have included: Director, Operations Arts Council Wales with budgetary responsibility for national scale funding programmes including both government grant in aid and National Lottery funding; Director of Development, Amgueddfa Cymru including leading the private funding strategy to redevelop Amgueddfa Werin Cymru; Director, Income Resources, Age Cymru; and Deputy Head of Development, University of Liverpool which included responsibility for a £70m capital campaign. He is a Welsh speaker.
Currently: Richard joined Heneb in April 2024, as Chief Executive. He is also the current Vice-Chair of the Wrexham Community & Culture Trust which is leading Wrexham’s bid for UK City of Culture 2029.