Richmond is a Researcher, Environment and Social Specialist. He is currently the Executive Director of Rural Environmental Care Association (RECA), Chairmen of Civil Society Coalition on Land (CICOL), lead person in the CoCooN project in Africa (Jatropha and Rural land alienation in Ghana and Ethiopia). He has worked on a number of national and international projects for: Tropenbos International, Forestry Commission (Ghana), Abosso Goldfields, Golden Star Wassa Mining Company, Care International, UNDP, DANIDA, FAO, DFID, International Cocoa Initiative, Ministry for Lands, Forestry and Mines (Ghana), Ministry for Employment and social Welfare(Ghana), Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, Eleqtra ( Infraco), Vimetco Ghana Bauxite.