Chris advises, coaches and media trains leaders at high stakes moments in their own careers, as well as similar inflection points for the organizations and teams that his clients lead. Having lived and worked in the US, China and Europe, Chris has advised corporate, NGO and government leaders for two decades in the Americas, Europe, MENA and Asia, around: organizational transformation & skills building, corporate reputation & personal executive positioning, media strategy, market entry, public diplomacy, stakeholder management, financial communications and sustainability & ESG.
Chris incubated and launched a first-of-its-kind training & coaching institute in China to provide communications, media and stakeholder management training to CEOs, as well as professional skills-building for communications and marketing executives. As a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader and Council on Foreign Relations Term Member, over the last twenty years, Chris has formed a unique personal global social and intelligence network of private and public sector influencers and leaders.
In addition to advising clients, in his own management roles and responsibilities, Chris has: built from scratch, turned around and scaled multiple operating business units with eight-figure P/Ls, hundreds of employees and locations in multiple markets. He has also integrated large acquisitions, created and launched new brands, formulated and implemented management systems and prepared and presented Board reports and recommendations.
Chris is a regular source and contributor to media outlets including, Fortune, Financial Times and Forbes on leadership topics related to technology disruption, global markets and social & political trends. He currently serves as a Senior Advisor to Business Insider’s Workforce Innovation Board, CUNY’s Office of Diplomatic Engagement & Training and University of Southern California’s Institute of Public Relations.