Chris is Policy, Campaigns and Communications Director at Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce. He is responsible for leading the Chamber’s policy work and campaign engagement with Chamber members, the wider GM business community and representing their views to key local bodies, organisations and decision makers. His team run the Chamber’s research and survey work including the influential Quarterly Economic Survey and are responsible for publishing the Greater Manchester Index. Chris also directs and sets the Chamber’s communications strategy including its marketing activity. He is also a trained media spokesperson and in his 17 years at the Chamber has been involved in several national pieces of work with British Chambers of Commerce. 

Prior to joining the Chamber he spent two successful years at business education charity Young Enterprise after spending 16 years at NatWest in a variety of roles including a range of business manager positions focusing on start-ups and early stage developing growth businesses.