Christopher has over 30 years experience advising companies and institutions on organisation design and organisation development and how to build the capability of their people. He is currently a Vice President and Global Account Executive with GP Strategies, assisting HSBC with the design and implementation of their Corporate University. He has been Leadership Advisor to the Archbishop of Canterbury (implementing the first leadership programme for Bishops and Deans in the Church of England).
Prior to this, Christopher worked as Vice President and Global Head of Talent and Learning for BP, supporting the Board and Senior Management Team during a period of rapid change and recovery, after the Gulf of Mexico disaster. Christopher has also worked as an Associate Partner with Accenture leading a variety of Change Management and Business Transformation programmes. He has held a number of line and corporate HR assignments with Lloyds Bank, Diageo and HJ Heinz.
Previous advisory roles include the International Board of Said Business School, Oxford.
Christopher originally studied Anthropology at Cambridge University and completed a MBA at Henley Management College and a Masters in Clinical Organisational Psychology at INSEAD. He has recently completed a doctorate at the University of Pennsylvania. His thesis explored how senior leaders make ethical decisions, in cross cultural work environments. His findings were summarised and published by the Harvard Business Review in 2016.