1. Curriculum Vitae Name Richard Heis Position
Partner, Head of Complex and International Insolvency, Restructuring, London
Qualifications and Professional Roles
Fellow of Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and Licensed Insolvency Practitioner
Former Chairman of Technical Committee of the Association of Business Recovery Professionals.
Member of Banking Liaison Panel – a statutory body set up to advise HM Treasury following the financial collapse of
Director of Insol, international body for harmonisation and best practice of insolvency regimes.
Experience
Richard joined KPMG in 1983 and became a partner in From he worked in the FS audit function in KPMG, specialising in large retail banks. He specialises in financial sector insolvencies, complex cross border assignments, and all forms of restructuring and insolvency. Richard has lectured on complex financial instruments and had a two year secondment at HSBC. His formal appointments have included Marconi, Japan Leasing, Winchester Commodities, Seligmann Harris, Barings Bank, The New Millennium Experience Company, Greycoat, Refco Capital Markets Limited, Schefenacker, Torex Retail, Teathers, Millennium Global Emerging Credit Fund, SPhinX and various SIV, CLO and CDO appointments. Richard was appointed building society special administrator of Dunfermline Building Society in the first use of the Special Resolution Regime introduced by the Banking Act He was appointed Special Administrator of MF Global (UK) Ltd in the first use of the UK Special Administration Regime for Investment Banks, and most recently Alpari (UK), the spread betting firm. He has run various auctions of financial product portfolios, including a $5 billion auction of credit default swaps.
He has spoken on many various occasions on financial sector issues to groups of regulators, deposit protection schemes, lawyers and banks, and he’s authored various articles.
Sector experience
Banking, investment funds, stockbroking, real estate, structured finance.