Richard Brown

Senior International Journalist

United Kingdom

A global journalist, writer and presenter, for over 30 years Richard has covered corporate controversies in London and New York, conflict in the Middle East and business in Asia.

A recent contributor to ground-breaking investigative platform unHerd, Richard spent many years being published in The Times, The Sunday Times and The European. He was also a correspondent for Italian broadsheet Il Giornale's renowned and award-winning war and foreign news site, InsideOver.

Additionally, he has published copious amounts of copy in Time magazine's innovation supplement, The Buzz Business, and in Fintech Futures, Banking Technology, Automotive Logistics and Strategic Risk.

In terms of corporate communications, for the past decade he has been global media adviser to Russell Group, a leading risk management software and services firm, in the City of London.

He launched the Middle East’s most successful tabloid newspaper, 7 Days, in Dubai and in a career spanning four continents has helped start media companies and open portfolios of titles in the U.K., the U.S.A., the Arabian Gulf and South-East Asia.

He has contributed live coverage to CNN and has had his work published by, among others, UnHerd, Il Giornale, The Times, The Sunday Times, Time, Thomson Reuters, Euromoney and the London Evening Standard. He has appeared frequently on regional TV, radio and online news media.

In addition, Richard is a ghost writer for politicians, a speechwriter and a media consultant to companies and countries in crisis - with extensive corporate communications experience advising leading global financial services and technology companies.

He also acts as an engaging host, speaker and compere at worldwide events.

Tenacious, versatile and with a highly-stylised approach to digging-out exclusives, Richard excels at the toughest editorial and corporate communications challenges.

Portfolio
The European Magazine
06/06/2023
London losing its lustre

As Euronext and New York bourses enjoy substantial deal appeal, London is becoming less attractive as the go-to exchange for company flotations.

The European Magazine
05/17/2023
Dawn of the skyway - The European Magazine

Once the stuff of science fiction films, Richard Brown discovers that flying cars may have reached a decisive inflection point as a viable means of transport When Top Gear, arguably the world's foremost mass market authority on all things automobile, gives flying cars the thumbs up for aerodynamic appeal and practicality, you know a shift [...]

The European Magazine
05/11/2023
Real space to work in - The European Magazine

From beauty products to semiconductors, a surge in European space ventures is seeing companies maximise this unique environment for a whole range of research, writes Richard Brown Soaring investment in the European space sector to spur innovative products and services is promising to reap rich commercial and societal dividends over the coming decades.

The Luxury Report
03/07/2023
Having a blast

Prestige shotgun ownership confers the thrills of the chase - in the field and at home

The Luxury Report
02/03/2023
Duking it out

Power, prestige and panache: The evolution of Ducati

The Luxury Report
10/01/2023
Sustaining good spirits in challenging times

Fine cognacs come in all shapes and sizes - arguably none so striking as the crystal decanter cradling the grande champagne LOUIS XIII. The Luxury Report spoke with the marque's Cellar Master, Baptiste Loiseau.

Health Tech World
18/03/2022
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Chubb Terrorism Report
01/10/2021
Confidence in Conflict

With much of the world suffering political and social upheaval, multinational companies are facing a growing risk of strikes, riots and civil commotion

The Times/Raconteur
29/03/2021
How the insurance industry is embracing innovation to cover unforeseen risks

Safe, trusted and well-received policies always appeal to underwriters. After all, why take unnecessary risks on unproven products? And rather than parsing commercial underwriting prospects according to risk profile and insurability, industry insiders say buccaneering insurance firms must create original products first, then test them on an unsuspecting market.

The Times/Raconteur
22/03/2021
Giving criminals a cashflow crisis

When eccentric businessman John McAfee, creator of the eponymous anti-virus software, was charged with conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering earlier this month, cryptocurrencies were his alleged tool of choice. McAfee is accused of inflating the price of cryptocurrencies to his large Twitter audience, selling them and illicitly creaming off a £1.45-million profit, prosecutors claim.

FinTech Futures
03/03/2021
Exploiting The 'No-Deal' Deal

London City firms can still access EU market despite no financial services deal, reveals Richard Brown, writer and freelancer.

The Times/Raconteur
20/12/2020
Payments become top attraction for M&A

Processing electronic payments used to be seen as the poor relation of financial services. Boring back-office systems staffed by steady, though dull, people who lacked the dynamism of startup buccaneers.

The Times/Raconteur
23/07/2020
SFO interview: is how we deal with serious fraud working?

A watchdog with no canines makes a toothless guardian. When that sentinel is taxpayer-funded to protect against, capture and prosecute serious fraudsters, people expect its bite to be far worse than its bark.

InsideOver
05/20/2019
Israel bolsters cyber security against Iran - InsideOver

Jerusalem poised for cyber conflict as tension rises between the US and the Islamic Republic. Military jets falling out of the sky, financial systems paralysed and the railway network brought to a shuddering standstill are just some of the evolving global cyber threats faced by Israel.

The European Magazine
20/03/2018
Human-robot collaboration set to harness Al power - The European Magazine

Frankenstein fears of artificial intelligence more Hollywood hype than reality. Richard Brown reports The rise of the robots conjures up dystopian images of hyper-intelligent machines out-thinking humans then maliciously turning on their creators. Think Terminator meets I, Robot. By next year, 42 million robots are expected to be sold, up from 5.5 million in 2015.

The Times
22/08/17
Fighting Fraud

Corruption in the global oil services industry ensnares Rolls-Royce, Petrofac and Siemens

The Times
21/08/2019
Will 3D printing revolutionise the construction industry?

Squeezing a house through a nozzle, like a pâtissier pumping fondant cream from a piping bag, may not be everyone's idea of cutting-edge construction. But in Dubai, it's all part of the plan. The glitzy emirate aspires to have a quarter of all new buildings constructed via 3D printing by 2030.

Automotive Logistics
03/02/20
Al-air: a better battery for EVs?

The deficiencies of Li-ion batteries contribute to consumer doubts about EVs, but switching to a different type of technology – Al-air – could solve crucial problems

Automotive Logistics
28/01/20
Fighting back against fake parts

Counterfeit components can be dangerous for road users and are a growing problem for the automotive industry. Automotive Logistics examines the lucrative fake parts trade

Gli occhi della guerra
04/13/2019
Homepage - Gli occhi della guerra

Il Lago Ciad è divenuto una roccaforte africana del Califfato Al Baghdadi. La branca africana dell'Isis ha fatto di questa

Strategic Risk Europe
07/09/2018
Financial services and transport businesses beware: you are most vulnerable to cyber attacks

The rapid migration of business and personal information into the digital stratosphere has largely taken the world by surprise. Global interconnected technology platforms have created a base not only for businesses to bound into previously untapped markets at the touch of a button, but also given criminals a new and arguably easier way to operate.

Time
02/07/2018
Banging soundscapes thrill raving revellers

Forget the Three Tenors. Banging tunes blasted across the historic Valle d'Itria from the likes of Goldie, the jungle and breakbeat hardcore master, resonate more with today's young festival goers than the gentle arias of Pavarotti, Domingo and Carreras. That's why Audi, the premier car maker, sponsors VIVIA! Festival.

Time
16/04/2018
Lending industry a smaller helping hand

It's one thing to marvel at how a 1.6 tonne luxury saloon pirouettes gracefully through the air in a striking stage performance. It's quite another to build and programme the KR1000 robot that orchestrates such balletic manoeuvres.

Time
08/04/2018
Powering innovation one cell at a time

Launched in 2015, The Sun Exchange, the Woodstock, South Africa-headquartered peer-to-peer lending platform illuminates-quite literally-a market that has been in the Dark Ages. The blockchain-based crowdfunding network connects people wanting to invest in solar energy with projects that need funds.

Time
08/04/2018
Making-or faking-the grade

A PhD in nanotechnology engineering from an Ivy League university may seem impressive on paper, but is it the real deal? According to the U.S.-based Council for Higher Education Accreditation, up to 100,000 fake degrees-a third of them postgraduate-are sold each year in a market worth $100 million in the U.S.

Time
01/19/2018
Boxing Clever

Vanquishing tough competitors is second nature to Wladimir Klitschko. The Ukrainian boxer clinched all the top professional titles-the WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO-during his spectacular, 21-year career in the bruising business. Celebrated as world heavyweight champion twice, the 6'6" hulk known as 'Dr Steelhammer' floored 59 of his opponents in 69 fights.

Insurancebusinessmag
01/28/2016
Morning Briefing: Chubb CEO blasts Brazil's leaders

Chubb CEO blasts Brazil's leaders... AIG faces negative credit rating review... MetLife warned regulators about break-up... Agents bemoan carriers' shoddy service, poor tools...

Insurance Business America
10/02/16
CNN
16/09/2011
Crisis? What crisis?

From the look on the faces of Japanese travellers on the Shinkansen Tokyo-Osaka bullet train, you'd never have guessed a violent tempest had thrown Japan around like a rag doll just six months ago. T...

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