Lucinda Riches is a non-executive director of The Diverse Income Trust plc (appointed March 2011), an Adviser to the Board of The British Standards Institution (appointed May 2011) and a Trustee of Sue Ryder (since 2008).

Lucinda was formerly an investment banker and has extensive experience in capital markets and privatisations. She began her career at Chase Manhattan Bank. Lucinda worked at UBS and its predecessor firms for 21 years until 2007. At UBS, she was a Managing Director, Global Head of Equity Capital Markets and a member of the Board of the Investment Bank.

Lucinda has an MA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Brasenose College, Oxford and an MA in Political Science from the University of Pennsylvania.