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Adair Richards

Adair is a lay member of the Tribunal.  He was appointed in June 2019.  He is Managing Director of a training consultancy, Honorary Associate Professor of Chemistry at the University of Warwick and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. Adair has been a judicial officer holder since 2007 and is currently a First-tier Tribunal Judge (Social Entitlement Chamber) and a Fitness-to-practice Committee chair of the General Dental Council.

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