Richard Brabner is the director for the UPP Foundation. Previously, he joined the University of Hertfordshire in 2009, where he was the university's senior policy adviser, a job which combines policy and public affairs support to the university's senior management team. Prior to this, he was a researcher in Parliament for two years after graduating from the University of Essex with a bachelor's degree in modern history and politics in 2007. He completed a master's degree in public policy and management from Birkbeck College, University of London.