Richard Naiff is a British pianist and flautist from London who has performed with the bands Soulsec, The Catacoustics, The Waterboys and The Icicle Works.

Naiff is a classically trained musician, having joined the Guildhall School of Music at age ten.

[1] Naiff was invited to participate on The Waterboys' album A Rock in the Weary Land after the group's leader Mike Scott heard his piano work in a studio next to one where the recording sessions for A Rock in the Weary Land were taking place.

[2] Along with Mike Scott and Steve Wickham, Naiff made up the core of the post-2000 Waterboys band.

[3] Former Waterboy Ian McNabb described Naiff as Scott's "find of the century".