Sir Richard Harry Evans (also known as Dick Evans), CBE, DL, FRAeS (born in Blackpool in 1942) is a British businessperson who is chairman of the Kazakh state holding company Samruk-Kazyna. He is formerly chairman of the British arms manufacturer BAE Systems. In 2001 he became Chancellor of the University of Central Lancashire. Evans was appointed a CBE in the 1986 Birthday Honours for services to export and was knighted in the 1996 Birthday Honours.