Chris has expertise in designing an institution-wide approach to empower Advancement professionals to succeed. By engineering innovative infrastructure, technology and guiding culture that underpins creating change, Chris helps to achieve superior value in the philanthropic supporter experience. Joining the Royal Academy of Music in 2017, Chris is working with a platform of visionary campaign & marketing professionals to provide a meaningful, evidence-based and comprehensive philanthropic campaign showcasing 200 years of the Academy. Chris values an open and simplistic approach to operations. He believes the skills that create successful operations are to have a problem solver mind-set and design & deliver filtered-efficient-purposeful real time information with colleagues in a fast-paced environment. This ultimately builds confidence in, and advances, the strategic direction of travel.

Chris has worked in Higher Education Advancement spanning arts and culture, American liberal arts and UK research & teaching university experience.