Richard Beacher is the Executive Vice President of First Pacific. Born in the United Kingdom, Mr. Beacher received a BA (Hons) in Economics and Accounting from University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, U.K. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a member of the Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Beacher moved to Hong Kong in 1984 with PriceWaterhouse and most recently served in financial positions with Hagemeyer Cosa Lieberman and subsequently with Siemens Building Technologies as Global Business Line Controller. He joined First Pacific in 2006