Our Director, Chris, is involved in every aspect of the business, from recruitment, service delivery, advertising, business development, and sales and marketing, right through to strategic direction, structure and business performance. As Head of HR, Chris mentors team members, and acts as a sounding board for them, whilst still retaining some key client accounts.
Chris discovered HR following a varied career during which he travelled the world and spent time studying in London as a “mature” student. He funded his own CIPD qualification, completing it at night school whilst working in a customer service role to tide him over. The day after he graduated, he started as a Graduate Trainee at EML and the rest is history.
Married with three children, Chris is a frustrated professional footballer and now spends most of his weekends cheering on his children’s football teams, two of them in his capacity as their coach. He says this is something his long-standing interest in Sir Alex Ferguson’s methods has stood him in good stead for! Chris also loves going to concerts and has been lucky to see the likes of Pink Floyd, The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Stone Roses and Oasis!
Fun fact: Chris is proud to have been a ball boy for Manchester United in the 1980s!