Barber appoints Steve Richards as chairman

RJD Partners’ (“RJD”) portfolio company Barber of Sheffield (“Barber”), Europe’s leading distributor of body art consumables, has appointed Steve Richards as non-executive chairman.

Steve has significant experience of working within private-equity backed businesses, both in executive and non-executive roles. He has enjoyed a successful career in retail and e-commerce, most recently as CEO of Interflora and is currently the Chairman of NVM’s musicMagpie and BGF-backed Setfords Solicitors.

Barber has achieved excellent growth, outperforming market growth in recent years. Steve will work alongside the existing management team to help them realise their plans for continuing to expand the business’ presence across Europe both organically and through acquisition.

RJD backed the buyout of Barber of Sheffield in October 2016. The buyout was led by Chief Executive, Richard Boston and Chief Financial Officer, Craig Burns, who both joined the business in 2014