Richard Douglas Lapthorne is a British businessperson who has been at the helm of 11 different companies and currently occupies the position of Chairman of Sherritt International Corp. Mr. Lapthorne is also on the board of Top Gun Realisations 80 Ltd., The Baby Fund Trading Ltd., Outland Estates Ltd. and Albert Square Estates Ltd. and Member of HM Revenue & Customs.

He previously occupied the position of Non-Executive Chairman for CPP Group Plc, Chairman of Foresight Group, Inc., Chairman at Cable & Wireless Ltd., Chairman at Avecia Investments Ltd., Chairman of New Look Group Ltd., Chairman for Morse Ltd., Chairman for Goodman Real Estate Investment Management (UK) Ltd., Chairman of GE Healthcare Ltd. (United Kingdom), Chairman at Mclaren Services Ltd., Chairman for Cable & Wireless Communications Ltd., Finance Director for Courtaulds Plc and Chairman-Public Interest Body at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (United Kingdom).