Chris is married with three children and lives in Salisbury, Wiltshire. He was an international Investment Banker and was medically advised to retire in 2001 after being diagnosed in 1999 with dilated cardiomyopathy. He had an ICD implanted in 2004 and is now on his second replacement. Chris was considered for heart transplant in 2007 as deterioration continued, but fortunately his heart then stabilised.
Chris became a trustee in 2008 and was subsequently elected as treasurer until 2014. He stepped down as Treasurer at the 2014 AGM but continues as a trustee. He does numerous other voluntary roles. He has been a Governor of Salisbury Foundation Trust for 8 years now and is also a “patient member” of the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at UCLH, focussing on the Cardiometabolic Programme.
He is also on the Investment Advisory Board for the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) as well as being a Trustee of the local Wessex Community Action Trust Board. In addition, he has been a Non-Executive Director (NED) of numerous industrial companies and is currently a NED for a private commercial property company. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors.
His real interest is in ensuring the continued support his family received when he was diagnosed, and most importantly enabling access to both sensible medical information, and how to live with the condition. His family has participated in many fundraising events over the years including the London 10K, the Great South Run (10m) and the Great North Run (half marathon) and the London Marathon. Most recently his three children competed as a team in Tough Mudder.