Chris works with senior leaders across the public sector to improve services, build capability, and reduce costs. He is a Director in the Public Sector team at Newton Europe, and was previously at KPMG. He has helped clients in transport, infrastructure, law enforcement, and central government to design and manage large-scale and complex transformation programmes. 

Chris began his career as a graduate with the UK Civil Service. He worked in various policy, operational and digital roles at the Ministry of Justice, Office of the Public Guardian and Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. He then served as private secretary to the Minister of State for Justice. 

From 2015 to 2017, he led the department’s review and reform of its HQ operations as Deputy Director for Transformation. In this role, he supported departmental campaigns to improve mental health, diversity, and dementia awareness.

Chris chairs the board of Mind, a charity providing mental health and wellbeing services, in Tower Hamlets and Newham, raising awareness and tackling stigma about mental health. He has served as a trustee since 2010.