Chris is the Founder and CEO of the Centre for the New Midlands, launching the organisation in January 2020. Prior to establishing the only independent, non-partisan think tank solely focussed on the West Midlands region, Chris worked for 15 years in the UK Higher Education sector, with extensive experience in student recruitment, stakeholder engagement; business development and major gift fundraising.
Chris has previously worked for the Saga Group plc and the Home Office, Immigration and Nationality Directorate. Chris is a former Students’ Union President and has also been a Trustee of a Students’ Union.
Chris has served as a member of the NSPCC Business Board in Coventry and Warwickshire and is currently an Acorns Children’s Hospice Business Ambassador. He is an avid Tottenham Hotspur supporter and a ‘Man of Kent’ by birth but an ‘adopted’ Coventrian having lived in the city since 2003.