Creating clarity
in complex environments

I work with founders, PE-backed companies, and owner/operators at inflection points — whether that's scaling, integrating, stabilizing, or preparing for exit. I bring clarity and structure as a fractional executive, strategic advisor, or board member.

50+
Acquisitions Integrated
20+
Years Executive Leadership
450+
Employees Led

What I Do

I work across the full lifecycle of business growth—building, integrating, stabilizing, and preparing for exit—with an operator's perspective and a systems thinker's lens.

Interim & Fractional Leadership

Step into your leadership team to drive transformation, stabilization, or growth—without the commitment of a full-time hire.

M&A Integration

Turn acquisition theses into realized value through disciplined post-deal integration across operations, systems, and culture.

Exit Readiness

Prepare your business for sale through the lens of someone who's been on both sides of the table.

Strategic Advisory & Board

Ongoing counsel for founders, CEOs, and boards navigating growth, acquisition, or transition. A thinking partner for the decisions that don't have obvious answers.

CEO & Entrepreneur
Built, Led, and Exited
Startup to $400M+
Full Range of Complexity
$130M+
Direct P&L Ownership

I've built businesses from scratch and led them through exit. I've operated inside organizations from early-stage startups to $300M+ businesses—as CEO, as a senior operations leader, and as the person the leadership team calls when things get complicated.

That range is what shapes how I work. I've launched consumer brands, built software products, invested in hospitality, and led integration programs within a PE-backed portfolio. The thread connecting all of it: I see organizations as systems. I look for the underlying incentives, the decision rights that don't match the org chart, the friction that's invisible until someone names it.

Whether I'm helping a founder prepare for their first institutional raise or stabilizing a distressed £100M portfolio, the work is the same—create clarity, build structure, and make things work.

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Chris’ take is always worth a read. One of the sharpest thinkers I know.
Shawn Busse Founder & CEO, Kinesis
Early in my career, we did some deals together that fundamentally changed the way I understand business — international M&A, implementation timelines, vendor and customer relationships. Chris was an enormous part of that.

Ready to see things differently?

I'm always interested in conversations with PE operators, founders navigating growth or transition, and leaders building something that matters.

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