Chris joined Ford Campbell in 1999 and now leads the corporate finance team. He qualified as a chartered accountant in 1991 at Lathams, and immediately joined its corporate finance team. After becoming a Director at the firm, Chris left to join Ford Campbell in 1999 as a Partner before being promoted to Head of Corporate Finance in 2006.

Chris has an unrivalled wealth of experience in all transaction work and is a major force in the North West corporate finance market. He has been the lead adviser on a large number of acquisitions, management buyouts, disposals, fund raisings and private-equity backed deals for companies operating in sectors ranging from financial services and waste to retail and precision engineering.

Although Chris has now hung up his boots, he is still an avid sports fan and enjoys a game of golf as well as supporting Sheffield Wednesday.