Richard Hartley

Richard is a Director and Treasurer of the ProtoStar Group.  A UK-qualified accountant who founded the Acumen Group in Bermuda, his vision is to deliver a personal local service to each of Acumen’s clients and provide value to their businesses.  He acts as a Director of a number of Bermuda registered entities in the insurance, shipping, investment, and real estate sectors.  In addition, he helps entities with their Bermuda operations and has led the acquisition of several insurance companies.

Before founding Acumen Group, Richard worked for Deloitte and an SEC-registered reinsurer in Bermuda.  He has been a Fellow Member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants since 1997.

Acumen Group has grown organically from a single employee in 2006 to over 200 today and operates in over ten jurisdictions without raising any debt or investment.  It currently has offices located in British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman Islands, India, Ireland, Mauritius, Singapore, South Africa, United Kingdom, and the United States of America, which allows the company to provide local knowledge with global experience to all of its clients.