Chris is a voter in the Ward and has worked in the City for over 40 years.  An accountant by background, and member of the Conduct Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Chris has mainly been involved in the logistics, international shipping, domestic freight transport and shipbroking sectors. He was MD of the last Ships' Agent based in the City of London.  Most recently, Chris has been promoting the small and micro business sector in the Ward, City and beyond.

 

Chris has been a Member of the City of London Court of Common Council for 11 years, concentrating in that time on the City Corporation’s finance, investments and health functions.  Chris is Chairman of the City's Health & Social Care Scrutiny Committee; providing statutory oversight of the local health service, and monitoring the decisions made which affect health and social care provision in the City.  Uniquely, the City has a massively greater weekday daytime population as opposed to its overnight and weekend residential numbers, and he works to ensure that both populations are adequately provided for.  This is particularly important when considering ambulance response times in case of emergency and specialist health services for workers and residents.  Chris has found that many City workers, and their employers, aren't fully aware of the general and specialised services in or near the City available to them under the 'patient choice' regulations and works to promote the health choice opportunities available within the City – as you will have seen in one of our Ward newsletters.  

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Chris’ work in Local Government outside the City (where he’s Leader of his local District Council) allows him to give the benefit of that outside knowledge and experience to the City Corporation when it is dealing with its statutory Local Authority functions. This is particularly important in the oversight of children's services, care for the elderly and the services we provide for those with learning disabilities. He has been passionate about accessibility, particularly in the public realm and transport, where he has given key input in the streets and walkways development in the Ward, especially for visually impaired and less physically able workers, residents and visitors.