Richard Hornby
Biography
Richard Hornby is a senior finance professional with experience in public and private sector organisations. Richard has a background in delivering and integrating local public services, project and portfolio management as well as strategic leadership at an organisational level.
Richard is currently Chief Financial Officer at the Cabinet Office, and Director with responsibility for Assurance, Finance and Controls. Richard assumed this role in February 2020. Prior to this, he was Director of Finance and Estates at Home Office (2016-2020), Director of Finance at Coastal West Sussex Clinical Commissioning Group (2014-2016) and County Treasurer at West Sussex County Council (2009-2014).
Richard is a member of the Cabinet Office Board and Executive Committee, and a member of the Department of Health and Social Care Audit and Risk Committee.
Richard is an accountant and is an elected school governor and takes a particular interest in supporting those with autism and neurodiversity.
Previous roles in government
Richard was Director of Finance and Estates at Home Office (2016-2020) and a member of Home Office Executive Committee and Home Office Board.
Chief Financial Officer and Director of Assurance, Finance and Controls, Cabinet Office
The CFO is responsible for financial management assurance across the department, striving to ensure that the Cabinet Office gets the best return on its resources.
The CFO leads the Commercial and Portfolio function in the Cabinet Office. The CFO also manages the Security teams within the Cabinet Office, the Cabinet Office controls team as well the departmental enterprise platform.
The CFO’s policy remit is to convene the work on functional reform and impact and professional standards.