Dr Richard Bruce

Richard Bruce is a Lecturer in Supply Chain Accounting and Finance at the Management School and our Chief Business Advisor.

He has an in-depth first-hand knowledge of the supply-chain issues facing the global agri-food and FMCG sectors from working with business in the UK and China, and in academia.

Richard is the secretary to and convenor of the Grantham Ambassadors, who members include senior colleagues from industry, research and professional services across a wide range of sectors, with members drawn from around the world.

He spent six years at Harper Adams University, establishing the DTI Enterprise Unit before founding his own consultancy, working on strategic issues facing major suppliers and retailers, and interfacing with government and industry bodies.

He is a Fellow of both the Royal Society of Arts and the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.

The Grantham Centre paper The environmental impact of fertilizer embodied in a wheat-to-bread supply chain was co-written by Richard.