Individual Member Profile (200 words max)
Chris is the founder of CLC Asia. CLC Asia provides Government Relations services as well as political and market intelligence.
He has over 13 years experience working for both government and private sector clients in Asia, Australia and the UK. His previous experience includes working as a privatization and regulatory advisor for the Thai Ministry of Finance.
After beginning his career in Australia, Chris moved to Thailand where he became an internal advisor to the Thai government on privatisation and economic regulatory policy, working on the privatisations of PTT and Airports of Thailand, as well as working with a variety of State Owned Enterprises. Since moving to the private sector, Chris has advised a number of private sector clients on M&A, Investor Relations market entry, policy and political risk issues.
Chris has an Honours degree in Economics and a Masters of Public Policy and Management from Monash University, Australia, as well as having completed a Minerals Economics course from the University of Melbourne. He is based in Bangkok, the geographical heart of emerging Asia.
Chris is fluent in Thai and English and has dual Australian and Thai citizenship. He is married with two children.