Cameron Richards completed his PhD in Entomology in 2007 from Rhodes University. In 2009 he started a three year Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Natural History Museum in London, UK. There he continued research in forensic entomology as well as acting as a crime scene technician on a number of medico-legal cases. Between 2012-2019 he returned to South Africa to join AgriProtein Technologies in the Bioconversion industry and was responsible for developing the research and development capabilities, both in South Africa and abroad. In 2021, he joined Veolia as a Senior Manager and is currently responsible for driving and managing the research for the Bioconversion project in Asia.
