Dr. Joseph Richardson is a practising barrister and a member of The Honourable Society of the King’s Inns Dublin and Lincoln’s Inn, London. He holds a PhD from The University of Maynooth and an MBA from University College Dublin, he is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers, a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and is a Chartered Secretary and member of the Chartered Governance Institute of the UK and Ireland.