Chris joined QMUL in his new role in late 2023. He leads the operations function and is responsible for overseeing data and insight, gift management, prospect research, reporting, and regular giving.

Through this and his previous roles, Deputy Director of Advancement Operations at Imperial and Head of Planning and Performance at UCL, he has managed a wide range of operations areas, including due diligence, gift processing and accounting, tax-efficient giving, legacy administration, performance management, systems projects, budgeting and financial management data protection, risk, and governance.

Chris has managed projects as varied as the implementation of the annual planning process, CRM implementation, priority project process review, operational process improvement, a revised data and insight strategy, and embedding dynamic fundraiser goals and metrics. Chris has been heavily involved in communities of practice, EDI initiatives, and values and behaviours development.

Chris has over 6 years’ experience in Advancement, previously working in Finance roles for both the public and private sectors.