Managing Consultant

Chris has over 20 years experience as a consultant, coach and business manager working with a range of industries, including FMCG, financial services and telecommunications. His consulting work encompasses leadership and team development as well as organisation change. He most enjoys challenges which connect these elements, enabling real shifts in performance.

He has worked with Bath Consultancy Group for over 6 years, having previously been a client of the firm. Current projects include a global executive coaching strategy, including the development of HR Business Partners as coaches; developing team leadership; coaching individuals and senior teams; action learning projects and leadership development programmes that create real shifts. Other recent work includes a comprehensive change initiative working for an extended period with the Executive team and Board. Clients that he has worked with recently include Unilever, Microsoft, Diageo, Nokia, NSN, Barclays Capital, Ernst & Young and Baker & McKenzie.

In the past, as an Associate Programme Director with London Business School, he worked on several leadership development programmes with international companies in banking and manufacturing.

Previously, as the Director responsible for leadership and management development at Cable & Wireless Group, he set the learning strategy for the senior population and introduced the first integrated, global approach to talent and management development. He also led the whole training and development function through a period of rapid downsizing and outsourcing. For several years he led an internal organisation consulting team at C&W, working around the world to facilitate change and improve business performance. He led the change, culture and leadership elements of a global integration process. He facilitated many senior, international leadership team meetings and also developed the coaching skills of the global leadership population. Earlier in his career he was a Senior Consultant at Price Waterhouse, undertaking numerous organisation development and change assignments.