Richard Lennox
Founding Partner
Accomplished leader and operator. Organisation architect. Product & Growth engineering expert. Accelerates sustainable innovation at scale.
“This Internet Economy moves so fast, it’s impossible to keep up to date on everything. You are doing very well if you just keep moving forward. And it is forward motion that will lead to making a significant impact.”
Richard is a highly adaptable operator leader, with proven c-suite experience of accelerating hyper-growth in the internet economy. He takes a pragmatic and versatile approach, blending the three key drivers of Purpose, People and Technology to deliver sustainable innovation and achieve critical objectives. An influential and independent voice, Richard brings a depth of insight, perspective and experience to solve complex problems across the organisational operating system; product development and growth.
Richard joined Current Health as Chief Operating Officer in 2019 with the company on the cusp of launching its care-at home product into the market having just achieved initial regulatory clearance. He led the organisation through significant delivery and scaling, overseeing all day-to-day business operations including Product Development. Having grown the team to over 250 in less 4 years and with revenues growing from 0 to significant recurring revenues, he was responsible for all compliance and governance during this time. In 2021 Current Health was acquired by Best Buy Health for $400m in a deal that was, at the time, the 2nd largest medical technology exit in Europe.
Prior to Current Health, Richard spent over 8 years as a visible and trusted senior leader at Skyscanner. He was instrumental in accelerating growth to more than 60 million global monthly active users (booking 2 million flights, in 30+ languages); 950+ employees in 10+ offices worldwide and culminating in the £1.5billion ($1.7billion) acquisition by Ctrip in November 2016. Prior to Skyscanner he was a digital solution architect and a senior engineer for a pair of startups.
Richard builds and empowers high performing teams creating solid yet flexible leadership systems. By focusing on outcomes over outputs and encouraging a growth mindset, he creates conditions for highly aligned, autonomous teams to thrive. Through targeted guidance, mentoring and coaching, Richard has a track record of enabling the ongoing development of individuals at all levels to maximise their positive impact.
Richard is capable of leading significant change across all business areas either through application of key Lean or Agile principles or through communication of innovative, strategic thinking. Taking appropriate risks, he pushes forwards based on a commitment to continued learning and professional development.