Richard Steel
Director
Nicholas Phillips Associates

Richard Steel has been Director of Nicholas Phillips Associates (NPA) since 1993, having started working with the company in 1989.

He heads up a four person team which monitors the Parliamentary Committees in Brussels and Strasbourg and is responsible for advising clients on the day to day activities in the European Parliament.  He is a specialist in parliamentary procedure.

Richard Steel is a long-standing practitioner in European Affairs, having graduated with a First in European Studies from the University of Dundee in 1983, which included a year at the University of Illinois. He then went on to the College d’ Europe in Bruges and from there  did an internship (“stage”) at the European Commission before becoming a parliamentary assistant to two British MEPs  for three years.

A keen sportsman, he played Rugby and still plays Tennis and Golf.  He is active in his local Church.

Richard Steel is a European Union Citizen (British National) born in Scotland in 1961. He is married, with two sons and lives in Brussels.

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