Presenter

Andrew Richards is Director of Research Computing Services at Imperial College London, overseeing HPC platforms, research data, software engineering, and cloud infrastructure. Drawing on over 20 years’ experience, he previously led Scientific Computing and Data Management at Diamond Light Source and held senior roles at Daresbury, UCL, and Oxford, including stewarding national grid services and EU e‑infrastructure projects.

Andrew earned a PhD in structural geology from the University of Keele (with industry collaboration), then advanced grid computing initiatives before joining academia. At Imperial, he drives strategy for sustainable HPC growth—championing cross-disciplinary support, FAIR data principles, and energy-efficient systems like ICICLE—and speaks on sustainable digital research infrastructure. His career underscores strong collaboration across institutions and leadership in national and international research computing.