Chris and I met at one of the worlds first digital strategy agencies in the late 90's. And to this day, he retains a first class strategic mind, always thinking through alternatives and adjacencies to provide options for a business to innovate and grow. Recently, our shared passion for tackling climate change led me to ask Chris to launch a unique accelerator, the Climate Subak, in Australia. Subak is focused on non-profits with an agreed charter to share data to influence policy and mass consumer behaviour in the fight against climate change.
Gi Fernando MBE: Serial entrepreneur | CEO | Investor | LinkedIn
Chris was there at the beginning of RegenCo, working with myself and my co-founder to shape the strategy and business plan. He brought not only his depth of experience and expertise in corporate strategy formulation, but a passion for the environment and deep understanding of the climate change crisis. He was able to use his network to bring other leaders to the table and to help create the momentum needed to raise are initial external capital investment.
Dr Tim Moore: Chief Scientist & Co-founder | RegenCo | LinkedIn
Chris works very closely with my co-founder and I to build out our strategic roadmap as we look to scale our business. He has quickly earned our trust and is clearly committed to our business and its success. He prompts us on things we have not considered, and acts as a strategic advisor with external parties when we are not clear on the obvious next steps for the company or the approach we should be taking. He is proactive with his advice and his experience and network are proving invaluable.
Ben Kaminsky: CEO & Co-founder | Textile Recyclers Australia | LinkedIn
When Chris started working with us, our business was accelerating and he immediately brought some structure to our thinking and execution. He focused our attention on the next best action whilst bringing more strategic frameworks for us to plan against ... to help us make the right choices and not simply react. He has set up our governance and financing structures, restructured our operations and allowed us to maximise our innovation spend and government rebate. He's become part of the team.
Bruce Plant: CEO & Co-founder | Wallop Water | LinkedIn
Chris has been with cogsflow since the very early days, helping us formulate our corporate strategy and execution plan. He gives freely of his time as needed and uses his broad ecosystem to connect us with other experts to help on specific issues. When it came to raising capital, Chris' connections and understanding of the process and mechanics was invaluable.
David Carbines: CEO & Founder | cogsflow | LinkedIn
Chris has been working with mistEO since we began to build scale in Australia. Chris' experience in strategy formulation and execution has assisted us to focus on the areas that matter most right now. Chris is always looking for introductions into the insurance industry as well to assist with our go to market and distribution. On top of this, Chris' passion for climate action ensures we get the content expertise we need as we position our propositions for market.
Nick Kumuran: Managing Director | mistEO | LinkedIn
Since crossing paths with Chris he has gone out of his way to help us along our journey. Whether that has been through brokering opportunities, workshopping ideas and giving our team his highly valued time. At an early stage of idea formation, he has helped shape business model concepts and worked quickly to help navigate our business in the right direction. Chris is definitely someone that you want to have in your corner.
Rob Hicks: CEO & Co-founder | Dream Big Social Club | LinkedIn
Chris has always made him self available when we have needed advice, be it on capital raising or when strategically restructuring our company through a M&A transaction. With his help, we have continued to build confidence in our company and product, and are able to represent our value more clearly to the market. We look forward to continuing to have Chris as an advisor.
Matthew Box: CEO & Co-founder | ProHemp | LinkedIn
I asked Chris to join the Board of Seabin in mid-2023, as we were ramping up for a capital raise and needed to restructure aspects of the company. In the face of a tough capital raising environment, we have evolved our products and services and elevated our sales capability. We have also looked at alternate funding sources (for example, the R&D tax rebate). Chris has been a constant ear for me and a sound advisor throughout and continues to work with the team to evolve the Seabin offering and impact.
Pete Ceglinski: CEO & Co-founder | Seabin | LinkedIn
As a member of the broader leadership team, I worked with Chris on the design and launch of Subak in Australia. Chris has a deep understanding of strategy and the principles for derisking whilst rapidly building a new business. Chris is passionate about our planet and the climate crisis and dedicates much of his time to helping companies in this space. Subak Australia is going strong and the quality of the cohort Members being funded is exceptional.
Baroness Bryony Worthington: UK House of Lords | Crossbench Peer | Founder | Subak | LinkedIn
I have worked with Chris since we were both Partners at Deloitte Consulting and recently asked him to help build out and launch a next generation consulting business, XpertiseNow in Asia Pacific and ANZ. Chris brings a clarity of thought when it comes to formulating strategies and business positioning statements, bringing focus to the actions required to quickly build out the functional and operational components needed to launch and grow a new business.
Fraser Ross: CEO & Co-founder | XpertiseNow | LinkedIn
I have known and worked with Chris for many years and our paths crossed again in Australia where I hired his team to assist in the launch of UBank. Chris was instrumental in this decision, demonstrating how it is possible to work in true partnership for the greater good. The consulting industry would not go far wrong if it learnt a few lessons from Chris' book. I have no hesitation in recommending Chris and his associates.
Alex Twigg: CEO & Founder | Egg | UBank | Judo Bank | LinkedIn
Chris is an innovative thought leader with exceptional strategic and operational capability. He has an unique ability to combine true entrepreneurial thinking with commercial practicality. I had the opportunity to work with Chris on two major financial services projects developing new markets in the electronic banking and payment systems arenas. In both these projects Chris demonstrated an inspirational interpersonal style that brought out the best in the team.
Clint Walker: Managing Director, CFO and Enterprise Value and Strategy | Accenture | LinkedIn
Chris came on board during our time in the StartupBootcamp accelerator in 2020. He personally offered me mentoring and coaching and helped the broader team with Strategy and Sales advice. He has a depth of experience over many years that helps us focus on the market and the "next most important actions" as we build and grow our business. He is generous with his time and has spent time with investors and others advisors as he sees the need.
Kevin Barrow: CEO & Founder | Mark Labs | LinkedIn