Richard Greiner

Richard Greiner is a partner in the shipping industry group at Moore Stephens LLP, London, and has more than 30 years' experience providing assurance and advisory services to the shipping industry. Working principally in the European Union, the former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe as well as the Middle East, his work has covered due diligence investigations, audits and financial reporting to local and international standards, business planning, tax structures, privatisations, and shipping finance transactions, including both newbuildings and second-hand vessels.

Richard is a regular speaker at shipping and ship finance conferences and seminars, and has written articles and papers on shipping finance and accounts. He leads the Moore Stephens ship operating costs benchmarking report, OpCost, and is a committee member of the Ports and Terminals Group, a trustee of the Maritime London Officer Cadet Scholarship and a board member of the OSCAR campaign. Born in 1960 and educated at St Paul's School, London and the University of East Anglia, Norwich, he joined Moore Stephens in 1982 as a student chartered accountant, qualifying in 1985, and was Resident Director of Moore Stephens, Warsaw (1991-1993) and resident Partner of Moore Stephens, Limassol (1993-1996).