Richard Evans

Richard Evans has extensive experience in creating and managing music and cultural events in Perth, Los Angeles and New York.

Mr Evans started his career as an entertainment lawyer with Barron Entertainment, and later at Clayton Utz in 1996. He went on to become the co-founder and proprietor of the legendary Greenwich Jazz Club and International Players Clubs in Perth, publisher of Revelation Magazine, and a founder and organiser of the Indian Summer Music Festival & Conference.

Mr Evans was based in New York City for 20 years, working as the strategic development, events and media director for one of the world’s leading contemporary art advisory firms – Kim Heirston Art Advisory, hosting numerous exhibitions and functions for artists around the world. After returning from New York, he co-founded the iconic Cottesloe Film Festival, created Manhattan Nights Jazz and Music Events, Painting Picnics, Cott Radio, Destination Cottesloe, and XO Active Activewear. He has also been involved in numerous local charities and causes such as the Be Kids Charity, Special Olympics, Black Cockatoo Crisis and Save the Old Freo Bridge Project.

On a corporate level, Mr Evans is the founding investor and advisor for PopViewers App in New York, co-founder and creative director of Running Unlimited/VO2 Media Fitness Co in the UK, and was a non-executive director of ASX-listed Structural Monitoring Systems.

In June 2022, Mr Evans became the general manager of the Perth International Jazz Festival.