Richard has been swimming since his schools days in 1990. He has been teaching swimming for 27 years, working with students in local swim schools and international schools in Singapore. Richard has worked with swimmers of all levels, including babies and toddlers, learn to swim, competitive and stroke correction. He also took up life saving and volunteered as a lifeguard for various events like dragonboat racing, weekends at East Coast park and festival season at Kusu island amongst many others.