Chris is a financial services lawyer based in Sydney with over 25 years' experience specialising in superannuation, funds, life insurance and regulatory response.
His broader investment management experience includes ESG fund investing, disclosure, distribution arrangements, licensing, outsourcing and vendor management, M&A, and ASIC and APRA engagement.
Chris has also gained experience in organisations in start-up and rebuild/transformation phases, including changes of ownership, private equity holdings, restructures, acquisitions and disposals of funds and businesses.
Chris has primarily held in-house roles, including General Counsel and Company Secretary of listed and unlisted financial services businesses including Challenger Limited and ClearView Wealth Limited. Chris headed up the Colonial First State legal team during the completion of the sale of 55% of Colonial by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia to KKR in 2022.
He has also previously held senior roles in the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.
