Head of Global Brand Protection & Security

• Former Inspector of Hong Kong Police
• Former UK Police
• Former Interpol

Prior to joining Champion (HK), Chris’ wide-ranging public and private sector career has spanned multiple industries and geographies holding senior positions based variously in London, Hong Kong, Paris, Singapore and Geneva. He has a consistent record of achievement and innovation, supporting and enabling business success and company objectives. He has done this through efficient and effective use of resources aligned to risk, use of analytics, research and intelligence, investigation and risk mitigation. Chris has had a particular focus on commercial sector investigations, covering due diligence, employee misconduct, fraud, manufacturing supply chain security and theft, as well as a key focus on grey marketing and counterfeiting. He has a well established cross industry and public sector network of contacts in the security and investigation fields.

Chris’ career path has included the Hong Kong Police, UK Police Services, Interpol, IFPI, Merck MSD, Hewlett-Packard, Johnson & Johnson and Solventum.  He has 25 years of global corporate intellectual property security leadership and investigation experience within the music, pharmaceutical, high technology and FMCG related industry sectors.

Chris holds a BSc Hons in Sociology, Economics & Politics and a post graduate diploma in Crisis and Risk Management. He speaks French fluently and has conversational German and Cantonese.