Chris is Head of Marketing at Thinkbox, the marketing trade body for TV advertising, which exists to help advertisers and agencies get the most out of today’s TV and represents 99% of commercial TV in the UK. 

From his professional beginnings PR agency-side in his hometown of Manchester, Chris’s two-decade career marketing media brands has spanned radio, print, news and TV, with stints at Global, GCap, DMG Media, Guardian Media Group, and now Thinkbox. 

Alongside his day job, Chris is also Joint CEO at Outvertising, the marketing and advertising industry’s not-for-profit LGBTQIA+ advocacy organisation. He was named in The Media Leader’s inaugural Future 100 list, is a member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, the UK Accessible Advertising Taskforce, and the IPA’s Effectiveness Leadership Group. He is a Mental Health First Aider and a passionate advocate for improved mental health awareness and training in the workplace.