Chris is a Chartered Accountant with more than 20 years’ experience in senior commercial and finance roles.
After developing his skills in a chartered accounting practice, Chris was Financial Controller at Gordon and Gotch (FMCG with $800m sales at the time) and then CFO of a media division within the listed APN News and Media. At APN Chris was heavily involved in restructuring – including selling group assets, renegotiating unprofitable government advertising contracts and returning his division (Australian Posters) to profitability.
15 years ago Chris joined the management consulting start-up Partners in Performance as their inaugural CFO. He built the finance function from the ground up, before becoming Head of Commercial responsible for setting up Partners in Performance overseas subsidiaries – which now total some 60 companies. Chris has also set up a family office for the founder of the group.