Richard Barkham has a degree in Economics and Geography and a PhD in Economics. He is also a Chartered Surveyor. He specialises in using the tools and techniques of financial, macro and urban economics to analyse property market processes.
Richard has been Grosvenor Group Research Director for two years and is responsible for economic research and analysis, long term planning and capital allocation. He also coordinates the work of the research teams located in Grosvenor’s operating companies.
Prior to his current appointment, Richard was research director for Grosvenor Britain and Ireland. In this job, he had the good fortune to be involved in the research support for Grosvenor’s large retail developments in Cambridge, Liverpool and Preston. Before this Richard was an academic. In fourteen years at the University of Reading (PhD student, Lecturer, Reader) Richard taught and researched most aspects of property finance, valuation and economics. He has produced numerous papers on real estate economics and a book on regional economic development.