Open days
Owing to the ongoing COVID-19 situation we cannot guarantee we will be able to host any Open Days for 2021 entry at Urdang. We are planning on some exciting alternative arrangements to allow you to experience our facilities.
Please keep an eye on the website and social media for updates.
If you have any further enquiries please email admissions@theurdang.london
Richard Pope
Role Chair
DirectorIn addition to his BrightHaven, non Profit Animal Rescue and Sanctuary involvement, Richard is a Director of Summit State Bank in Santa Rosa Ca and the Planning and Engineering consultant to SomoLiving where he serves as the Development Director for the design, entitlement and implementation of SOMO VILLAGE near San Francisco, the first certified deeply sustainable mixed use community in North America, which is endorsed by London based Bioregional and World Wildlife Foundation as a One Planet Community.
In July 2013, BrightHaven Co-Founders Gail and Richard Pope received the prestigious Jefferson Award for Public Service, in acknowledgement of their devoted service to this extremely vulnerable population of beings.
He is among the most respected and forward-thinking development leaders in the United States and brings over twenty years of experience to the construction and residential real estate industry. Richard studied Civil Engineering and Building Construction in the UK and USA and has worked extensively in the Middle East, South East Asia, Europe and Canada. He started his career with Taylor Woodrow in UK where he was born and holds both British and US citizenship and passports.
He has held the position of CEO and Director for a number of both public and private companies. Richard has recently been appointed to the Board of Urdang Ltd the prestigious and highly respected “Exceptional Dance and Musical Theatre Training Academy” based in Islington near the heart of London.