Managing Director of ORG since 2010. Chris  previously directed the 'Communicating Europe' project for the independent think-tank, the 'European Stability Initiative', engaging policy-makers and media people from the Western Balkans. Chris was a Programme Director at the Wilton Park conference centre, from 1997-2008, where he directed their South-East Europe programme of events, covering the most sensitive political issues.

Chris began his career as a TV producer; his jobs included Senior Foreign Affairs Producer, and Central Europe Producer, for BBC TV News, and Launch Europe Editor of APTN; he also worked as a senior researcher for the Weekend World political programme (London Weekend TV). Chris joined the media as a news trainee for ITN (Independent Television News). He has a Geography degree from Oxford University.