Who is Involved in The Royal Academy of Dance?

Richard Thom
Richard Thom took up his appointment at the Royal Academy of Dance in 1993 as Financial Director. During this time he has published From Ballet to Business (1999) and Buying and Selling a School.

It was in 1982 that he obtained his FCA, Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and from 1985 until 1988 he managed his own company, RD Thom & Co, specialising in Accountancy services. This was made possible due to his strong sense of ambition together with an excellent academic history and a wealth of professional experience.

For 5 years prior to this Richard Thom worked for the Inchape Group of Companies as a Finance Manager in Tokyo and Finance Controller Guam MI. During this period his knowledge of international business was heightened and in 1998 he wrote an article for National Westminster Bank Plc, Taking the lead in International Payments.

Richard Thom’s contributions to the arts in business stretch much further than his role as Finance Director at the Royal Academy of Dance. From 1991 until 1999 he acted as Treasurer for the Council of Dance Education and Training during which time he was a Speaker at the CDET conference, Building Bridges. His involvement continued as Chairman of the Registration Board for 6 years and now as a current member of the CDET Societies Board.

As an experienced conference speaker, he continues to promote the Royal Academy of Dance internationally and in 1992 he served as a Keynote presenter at a British Council conference in Athens, Greece.

He is a dedicated member of the Executive Committee, Education Committee and Benesh Committee at the Royal Academy of Dance and in 1997 he took part in a television interview about the RAD for a programme called Spirit of Dance, by Channel 7, Cable TV Cape Cod, USA.

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