Richard Millar is Practice Head – Consumer Marketing at Hill & Knowlton, and leader of the agency’s retail practice.

Richard re-joined Hill & Knowlton in March 2004, having previously worked for the Agency between 1992-1996 as Associate Director in its MarComms Division, leading accounts including adidas, Pepsi and Porsche.

Richard rejoined after almost eight years at Habitat. There he held a variety of roles including Group Marketing Director, Group Trading Director, and most latterly Managing Director of Habitat UK with total P&L responsibility for 40 stores and a turnover of £130m. He was instrumental in Habitat’s return to profitability in 2002/2003. Richard was also responsible for driving the group marketing strategy across Europe, in France, Germany and Spain, as well as the UK.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and a graduate of the University of Manchester with a degree in Politics and Modern History.