Chris is an experienced, hands-on executive who is passionate about building successful technology companies with great culture and has led numerous high-growth ventures as a leader, as well as an advisor and mentor to numerous founders.

Chris’ experience ranges from operational, advisory, and governance roles spanning a variety of technology & SaaS solutions across multiple industries, including information technology, fintech, medical/pharma, education, marketing tech, and events. He has over 30 years of experience in the technology industry, serving large global technology firms as well as small startups and has developed a reputable profile in the Australian tech industry.

With a career grounded in sales, marketing, and product management, the last 15 years have been as CEO of various software companies (Xero, myprosperity & EventsAir) as well as non-executive director roles on various Boards (BoardPro, MedAdvisor and Compass Education).

His experiences range from a multitude of general management disciplines through to corporate governance, media spokesperson, shareholder engagement, capital raising, and M&A. In addition to helping lead PaySauce’s expansion in the Australian market, he holds Board positions with VicRoads, Vocus and InvestorHub.