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Dr. Richard Lobo has a strong background in quality assurance, compliance, risk management, and business excellence. Dr.Richard has held various leadership roles in leading companies such as Tata Chemicals, Inventurus, HDFC-Barclays, and TATA. Recently, they served as the Head of Innovation, R&D, and Business Excellence, as well as the Chief Ethics Counselor at Tata Chemicals. Dr.Richard also held the position of Head of Corporate Strategy and Business Excellence at the company. Prior to that, they were the Director of Quality, Business Excellence, Risk Management, and Special Projects at Inventurus, where they received the Founders Choice Award and the CEO's Award for Outstanding Performance. Dr. Lobo's earlier experience includes being the Head of Quality Assurance, Compliance, Risk Mitigation, and Value Engineering at HDFC-Barclays, where they were honored with the Outstanding Contribution Award and Outstanding Achievement Award. Before that, they served as a Quality Officer, Business Excellence, and Corporate Quality Manager at TATA, where they received the Exemplary Performance Award and the Business Improvement Award for championing Revenue and Profitability Improvement.

Dr. Richard Lobo has a diverse educational background. In 2020, they attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where they completed a program in Design Thinking for Leading. In 2022, Dr. Lobo enrolled in the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, although the specific degree they pursued is not mentioned. In 2008, they attended Carnegie Mellon University, earning a degree in CISSP-Managing Information Using Controls with a focus on the CMMI field of study. Other educational institutions that Dr. Lobo has been affiliated with include the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, where they studied Corporate Strategy; the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, where they pursued a degree in Management; and the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, where they earned a Master Black Belt-Six Sigma qualification in Business Transformational Quality. Additionally, Dr. Lobo has obtained certifications in QMS-ISO 9001, BS7799 Risk Analyst, and ISO 14001 Lead auditor, emphasizing their expertise in Quality Management.