Richard Sharp

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Biography

Mr. Richard Sharp served as Executive at RoundShield Partners. Richard Sharp joined Goldman Sachs in 1984, became a partner in 1994 and worked across Goldman Sachs' business, where he headed the capital markets, investment banking and private equity divisions. He was a member of the European Management Committee and a director of Goldman Sachs International. Mr Sharp retired as Chairman of Goldman Sachs' European Principal Investment Area at the end of 2006. He is a former director of Cognis AG, the German chemical company, and ISS, the Danish-based global outsourcing company. Mr Sharp is an Emeritus Trustee, former Chairman of the Royal Academy Trust (2007-2012) and a Director of International Rescue Committee UK. He was also a non-executive director for Oncimmune, and a member of the Financial Policy Committee at the Bank of England. Mr Sharp graduated with a B.A. from Oxford University.