Richard Jones Onyeneho is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ELDR Group, a cross-jurisdiction advisory, intelligence, technology, and governance firm operating across North America, the United Kingdom, and Africa.
He has more than two decades of experience advising organizations operating in highly regulated and high-accountability environments across financial services, enterprise technology, federal institutions, cybersecurity, and multinational compliance systems.
Prior to founding ELDR, Richard supported regulatory, governance, and enterprise transformation initiatives for organizations such as TransUnion, SAP, Capgemini, PricewaterhouseCoopers, HSBC, and multiple U.S. federal institutions, including the U.S. Department of Justice, HUD, DOE, and EXIM Bank.
His work has included governance and documentation frameworks aligned with ISO 27001, NIST 800-53, SOX, SOC 2, GDPR, FedRAMP, FFIEC, FDA 21 CFR Part 11, and emerging AI governance standards.
He specializes in governance infrastructure, Docs-as-Code ecosystems, API documentation, DITA/XML systems, cybersecurity governance, and technical content strategies designed to support audit readiness, operational resilience, and institutional accountability.
Richard founded ELDR to help institutions navigate increasingly complex intersections between governance, infrastructure, intelligence, technology, and cross-border operational risk — particularly between African markets and Western regulatory and financial systems.
He holds an LL.B. (Hons) in Law from Queen Mary University of London, a B.S. in Organizational Psychology from Towson University, an M.S. in Banking and Finance from Boston University, and an MBA from the University of Massachusetts.
Global organizations led by Richard across documentation, GRC, and enterprise technology mandates.