Chris is a member of the Deloitte Sports leadership team with over 20 years of experience in the business of sport, ranging from grassroots volunteer to serving as a professional league CEO and now strategy consulting. He excels in leveraging his deep expertise to help sports organisations and major events achieve their strategic and commercial goals while managing complex stakeholder relationships. Upon joining Deloitte in 2023, Chris worked with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on the largest sports diplomacy deal in the country’s history, advising on the strategic, commercial and financial opportunities and risks associated with a National Rugby League (NRL) franchise in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
Prior to joining Deloitte, he served as the CEO of Super Netball, leading the organisation through a period of major governance reform and the COVID pandemic, laying the foundations for the league securing the largest broadcast deal in its history. Chris’s knowledge of the sports ecosystem is expansive having either worked for or consulted to numerous domestic and global sporting organisations such as Surfing Australia, Netball Australia, Cricket Australia, Hockey Australia, Australian Grand Prix Corporation, Australian Olympic Committee, International Olympic Committee, FIBA and the World Surf League.