Profile

Chris is a former regulator and lawyer who has held senior roles in the communications, media, infrastructure and sports sectors. He supports clients on complex regulatory matters and commercial strategy.

Chris spent a decade as the Chair and CEO of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). Chris’s term at the ACMA was marked by an internationally- recognised and strategically-focused research program that developed a body of evidence on the efficiency and effectiveness of regulatory settings and tools in the ever- changing, converging and challenging communications, media and digital landscapes.During this time, Chris was also an Associate Member of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).

Earlier in his career, Chris was the CEO of Excite@Home (an Optus broadband joint venture), Prime Infrastructure, Stadium Australia Management, and the Seven Network (Acting). More recently, Chris served as President of the International Institute of Communications (IIC) – the first person from the Asia-Pacific to hold this role in the IIC’s 50-year history – and as Chair of Research Australia, Film Australia, and Vice Chair of the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN – the global body that regulates the root zone database of the internet).

Chris is also currently Chair of Nihilent Australia and a director of the PGA of Australia.