Richard Stuart Howitt (born 5 April 1961) is the former Chief Executive Officer of the International Integrated Reporting Council.
For five years prior to becoming CEO of the IIRC, he acted as a voluntary IIRC Ambassador, promoting Integrated Reporting within the policy and business communities.
He took over from the previous CEO Paul Druckman.
He was Member of the European Parliament for the Labour Party for 22 years between 1994 and 2016.