Jarion Richrdson, JP, MP
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Opposition Leader, Shadow Minister of Economy and Labour
Email: jrichardson@parliament.bm
Mr. Richardson is a Paget resident, raised
in Somerset and whose family history is based in St. David’s and St. George’s.
He attended Southampton Glebe School, packed groceries at Marketplace in
Somerset and was a member of TS Venture, the Dockyard unit of the Bermuda Sea
Cadet Corps. Inspired by travelling with the Corps, he eventually graduated
from the Massanutten Military Academy in Virginia. Having completed mandatory
military service in the then-Bermuda Regiment, he volunteered for additional
service years and was attached to British Forces, ending his service as a
Corporal. Simultaneously, he completed a training contract at the Royal Gazette
newspaper. He then joined the Bermuda Police Service. His service includes
working in communities as a beat officer, working with charities and businesses
to identify and resolve problems with solutions such as changes to pre-existing
infrastructure, resolving family disputes and building networks within the
community. He completed police service in the Intelligence Division as a
Detective Constable. He worked in the international law firm Appleby and
Bermuda Monetary Authority. At the Authority, he established methodologies to
determine a financial institution’s compliance with local regulatory
obligations. He was the lead developer and instructor of the anti-money
laundering technical specialist course for supervisory staff. He then started
Certainty, a regulatory compliance services firm, and is the Managing
Principal. He served on the Board of Directors for the Bermuda Sloop
Foundation, on the House Committee for the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club and as a
volunteer for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Bermuda. He was the President of
his church’s council, Peace Lutheran Church, in Paget.