Richard has spent most of his 50-year career in investment banking, specialising in real estate finance and fund management. He was the founder and Managing Director of Wichford Property Management, a joint venture between his company Laird Finance Group and J O Hambro Capital Management with a portfolio of over £1 billion worth of commercial property leased exclusively to government institutions in the UK and continental Europe. As of October 2021, Richard Britten-Long is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Českomoravská Nemovitostní (ČMN).