Richard Barfield
I am an independent consultant on risk, regulation and governance, and an adviser to Hogan Lovells, the international law firm.
After working with Westinghouse Electric Corporation and Hertz, I had a varied consulting career with PwC where I specialised in advising financial services clients on risk and regulatory issues.
I am a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and a graduate of Manchester University.
As well as Brexit FactBase, I have written various articles and papers on Brexit.
Contact: richard.barfield@rbas.co.uk
Acknowledgements
Thanks to the many people who have helped me develop Brexit FactBase, including:
- Sam Morgan of ServWise, for the refresh and rebuild of the website in late 2025 and early 2026.
- Dr. Charles Tannock, Professor L. Alan Winters, Professor Jonathan Portes, Professor Catharine Macmillan, Peter Ungphakorn, Michael O’Connor, Mike Smith, Naomi Weir and others who commented on drafts of the FactBase sections.
- Several users for their helpful feedback and suggestions, including supporters of Brexit.
- David Hitchcock of Logical Events for design and development of the original website in 2018.
- Carlos Ribeiro, Nádia Guerreiro and Márcio Bento of Inspirart in Lisbon for creative input to the design of the site and Maruf Rahman at BrightCherry for his valuable review.
- David Corless, for collaboration on the initial presentation in 2016 and helpful suggestions on the website.
Sources
Brexit FactBase relies on many excellent, authoritative sources including these top twenty:
- Government and parliamentary bodies such as House of Commons Library, House of Commons Committees, House of Lords Committees, European Commission, Eurostat, Office of National Statistics;
- International bodies such as OECD, United Nations, World Bank, World Trade Organisation, IMF;
- Well-regarded independent bodies such as Bruegel, Centre for European Reform, Chatham House, FullFact, Institute for Fiscal Studies, Institute for Government, Migration Observatory (Oxford University),National Institute for Economic and Social Research, UK in a Changing Europe, UK Trade Policy Observatory (Sussex University)
- Professional services firms and specialist bodies including: Deloitte, EY, KPMG, Mercer Oliver Wyman, PwC.
- Specialist bodies such as Friends of the Earth, KingsFund, Marine Conservation Society, Rand Corporation.
If you would like to gain a wider perspective on Brexit, I recommend these three books:
- Peter Foster, What Went Wrong with Brexit (ISBN: 9781805301257)
- Professor Chris Grey, Brexit Unfolded (ISBN: 9781785908279)
- Michel Barnier, My Secret Brexit Diary (ISBN: 9781509550869)
RBAS
Richard Barfield Advisory Services Limited (‘RBAS’) is a consulting firm which provides advice on governance, risk and regulatory matters for financial services firms.
RBAS maintains Brexit FactBase, and is incorporated in England and Wales with registered number 09993013.