Business Experience
Chris has worked as a for the last 15 years as a freelance and business ownwer in areas such as marketing, customer service, organisational design and leadership development. His professional skills were developed during his 20 years in management with a major UK retail bank.
His experience covers:
Industries: Financial Services, Logistics, Defence and Printing.
Countries: UK, US, Europe and the Middle East.
Business Models; start-ups, entrepreneurial, family owned firms and 'Not for Profit' organisations as well as FTSE 100 companies.
Coaching & Mentoring
Chris has completed an Executive Coaching Development Programme delivered by the School of Coaching (its leader Myles Downey is one of Europe's foremost business performance coaches) and accredited by the University of Strathclyde.
He has also worked for many years with a number of associate consultancies increasingly in the areas of Leadership and Management development. In addition, for many years now, Chris has been an Enterprise Hub Network Mentor for SEEDA working with entrepreneurs and start up companies.
His business coaching and mentoring practice is focused on the Thames Valley - counties like Berkshire, Middlesex, Surrey and Hampshire and business centres such as Ascot, Bracknell, Reading, Guildford,, Maidenhead, Slough and Staines.
Current Associate Relationships
Memberships
- Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce (www.thamesvalleychamber.co.uk)
- Fellow of the Institute of Business Consulting (www.ibconsulting.org.uk)
- Windsor Speakers (www.winspeak.com)
Qualifications
- Executive Coach – accredited by the School of Coaching and the University of Strathclyde
- INLPTA Diploma in Leadership Development
- Life Coaching Certificate – Newcastle College
- MBA Financial Services – Sheffield Hallam University
- Chartered Marketeer Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM)
- Diploma of Financial Services (DipFS)
