Ben Richardson
Bio
Ben is a director of Acuity Training which he has been running for over 10 years.
He is a Natural Sciences graduate from the University of Cambridge and a qualified accountant with the ICAEW.
He previously worked as a venture capitalist and banker and so had extensive experience with Excel from building financial models before moving to learn SQL, Microsoft Power BI and other technologies more recently.
AI Policy Research & Statistics
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