About Chris
Chris is an experienced, hands-on executive who is passionate about building successful technology companies with great culture and has led numerous high growth ventures as leader, as well as advisor and mentor to numerous founders.
His experience ranges from operational, advisory and governance roles spanning a variety of technology & SaaS solutions across multiple industries including information technology, fintech, medical/pharma, education, marketing tech and events. He has over 30 years of experience in the technology industry, serving large global technology firms through to small startups and has developed a reputable profile in the Australian tech industry.
With a career grounded in sales, marketing, and product management, the last 15 years has been as CEO of various software companies (Xero, myprosperity & EventsAir) as well as non-executive director roles on various Boards (BoardPro, MedAdvisor and Compass Education). His experiences range from a multitude of general management disciplines through to corporate governance, media spokesperson, shareholder engagement, capital raising, and M&A.
Chris currently holds Board positions with VicRoads, Vocus and PaySauce (NZX: PYS), as well as an advisory role with Macquarie Asset Management.