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Richard Vaughan

External Advisory Committee Member

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Profile

Richard has an established track record delivering environmental projects and currently leads Herefordshire Council’s Sustainability & Climate Change team. After completing his undergraduate studies in Environmental Science his career started in local authority waste management followed by time in an environmental consultancy whilst completing an MSc.

After joining Herefordshire Councils Sustainability & Climate Change team Richard oversaw deployment of 1MW+ of solar on council buildings, led Marches wide heat network studies and the Marches Energy Strategy and oversaw delivery of Local Authority Delivery and Home Upgrade Grant schemes for the retrofit of domestic properties in Herefordshire.

Close to his heart as an enthusiastic cyclist, Richard also leads on active travel projects where he has had notable successes including successfully introducing the city wide bike share scheme to Hereford in 2019 and delivering numerous behavioural change programmes to increase modal shift to low carbon travel modes.