A networked, development ecosystem for climate focused not-for-profits.

Seabin has evolved into a globally recognised brand focused on Nature Repair and the generation of impact data from ocean clean up activity.

Climate change covered. Protecting the future from climate change using hyper localised data and AI.

Building a networked ecosystem and community for startup Founders, Operators + Investors.

Say goodbye to single-use plastic bottles.

The mission – to keep apparel and other textiles out of landfill, whilst investing in circular solutions for the textile industry.

Bringing together motivated investors and innovative companies, to unleash game-changing climate solutions.

Corporate and Venture Advisory: using an extensive network and ecosystem of advisors, subject matter experts and investors, we support companies with funding and investment, corporate structuring, innovation and growth.

A bit of an experiment, FutrDAO was formed as a venture DAO to invest in web3 projects that have positive and radical impact. Radical impact projects are those that significantly change society, and how we live, play, and work. The primary themes we invested in were climate and healthy longevity.

Digital disruption is causing a significant shift in the fundamental supply and demand dynamics of Management Consulting. XNs goal is to provide a single, easy to use platform delivering access to specialist consultants and AI powered accelerators delivering faster outcomes. Providing access to self service professional knowledge to fast track decisions and access to real Xpertise to deliver projects faster.

Regenco has a simple vision, to regenerate Australian agriculture in service of a sustainable and renewable economy.I advised the company as the Chief Strategy and Investment Officer, guiding the company through strategy formulation, operations design and raising capital to rapidly scale the business in H2 2021.

Led the Australian and New Zealand Digital Strategy and iX team at IBM, delivering world class strategic digital technology solutions for our clients.

Cofounded ANZi Ventures, investing in early stage (fin)tech companies as part of the strategic business directive to drive new business revenue into ANZ.ANZi was spun-out from ANZ and 1835i was born as a stand alone, finance and technology VC fund. [https://www.1835i.com/]

Deloitte have a very active practice working with Australian start-ups. Deloitte were looking to work with the fintech sector specifically, orchestrating the broader ecosystem of larger FSIs, fintechs and other service providers, both in Australia and globally. Fintechs are part of the innovation economy, challenging the norms and creating new and varied business models but many need clear business advisory services to move from start-up to scale-up mode. Chris lead the firm’s efforts working with the start-up community as well as larger financial service clients looking to leverage the new financial offerings and technologies.

Core Roles and Responsibilities:2009 – 2017: Lead Consulting Partner, ANZChris lead the Deloitte Consulting relationship with ANZ bank. During that time the account experienced growth of 260%, to be the largest consulting banking relationship within Deloitte. Chris built strong relationships across the bank. He built the advisory relationship across Deloitte's broad set of delivery functions including human capital, technology integration, digital, operational and program management consulting. Other key client relationships:NAB: various strategic and operational engagements since 2005.UBank: Chris led the strategy formulation through to initial launch of UBank in 2008, and assisted with the ongoing build out across social and mobile channels for the next 5 years. Industry Super Funds: a variety of engagements to assist large industry super funds tackle the question, “How might we engage our members on the topic of superannuation and retirement?” Visa: ongoing research into changing behaviours of small businesses in the use of traditional payment methods, and the ongoing role payments technology plays on the growth of the SME segment in Australia and Asia.Lloyds and HBOS Australia: various engagements including the sale and separation of BankWest to CBA in 2009-2010.

Chris was the global leader of the financial services Digital Transformation Proposition, harnessing Deloitte's global footprint to bring the best from digital, strategy and technical teams to the disruption challenge that digital represents.

Chris led the firms cross-functional suite of service offerings to assist organisations deal with climate change and sustainability related issues. This included abatement and reduction strategies, audit and baseline reviews as well as strategising on opportunities afforded companies with a carbon price under the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), including the creation of new financial products in partnership with one of the big 4 banks in Australia.

“Tax and the Sharing Economy: A Report to the Government” The Board of Taxation was tasked by the Government to consider issues surrounding tax related to the sharing economy. In particular, the Board of Taxation was asked to focus on two main areas: 1. Looking at the issues surrounding at what point sharing economy activities transition from a ‘hobby’ to a business; and 2. Taking a holistic look at the current income tax system to consider if it adequately addresses existing and potential future sharing economy enterprises.

Appointed as a member of the Deloitte Foundation Board. Formed in 2005, the Deloitte Foundation is Deloitte Australia’s way of giving back to the community. Our vision for the Deloitte Foundation is to inspire and empower our people to make a difference through their actions and contributions, to worthy causes. Rather than providing one-off philanthropic gestures, the Foundation endeavours to form strategic lasting partnerships with community organisations. Through these focused partnerships, we believe that the Foundation is able to have a greater impact on the community partners that we support.

Parkinson's NSW Incorporated is a non-profit, community-based organisation established in 1979 to provide information, counselling and support to people living with Parkinson's disease.

Eastern Respite and Recreation is a not for profit, community based organisation offering support and recreational activities to people with a disability and their families in the Eastern Sydney Area.

Egg was a British internet bank headquartered in Derby. It was the worlds first online bank. Egg was born out of the UK banking arm of Prudential plc, Prudential Banking plc, which was established in 1996, and the Egg brand was launched in 1998.During my time at egg I held various roles:1. Head of Customer Experience Engineering: I was charged with developing in depth customer research for all interactions and touch-points to feed an end-to-end design process to engineer customer experience across the value chain, regardless of product or service offering. In parallel, Egg adopted agile delivery practices to ensure small changes to a customers’ experience were delivered at short and regular intervals.2. GM Strategy: My team developed annual strategic initiatives and project investment priorities, ongoing M&A scanning and activity including the purchase of the French bank to accelerate market expansion. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/01/29/egg_buys_zebank/ 3. Senior Program Director, Brand and Marketing: I was the executive responsible for the end-to-end delivery of egg’s new brand across all channels and including PR and advertising campaign execution.

Lead the Account Management team as part of the UK marchFIRST consultancy, focused on internet and start up engagements. Attached to the marchFIRST Microsoft Centre of Excellence.

Manager at Andersen Consulting in Sydney and London, initially focused on system development and integration projects, I then moved into the Process Improvement team and eventually transferred into the Strategy division. Worked on engagements in the Banking and Capital markets sector. Often linked to a technology or business transformation program.I was fast tracked through all promotion points from graduate to manager.