Chris is an experienced, business driven senior IT executive with nearly 30 years consulting and industry experience. He has proven success in developing and implementing innovative IT strategy coupled with a first class track record in the delivery of business transformation programs and exceptional operational management experience.
His move to Royal London Group in 2018 followed a successful career at AstraZeneca where he held a range of senior leadership roles including leading the successful transformation of their global IT organisation.
Prior to joining AstraZeneca, Chris spent 19 years with the global management consultancy Accenture, as a senior executive within their global delivery group. Over a broad ranging consulting career, Chris worked with senior leadership teams in many of Accenture’s largest global clients across a range of industry sectors. Chris shaped and led some of the largest business transformation programs undertaken by Accenture and held global responsibility for leading assurance reviews across all areas of Accenture program delivery activity.
Chris has a degree in Industrial Economics from the University of Nottingham. He enjoys working in different cultures and has worked extensively across Europe, India and the US.
Chris is married with two children and is based in the UK.