Chris has worked in a variety of government and private sector senior management positions. Most recently, between 2009 and 2020, Chris headed up the Departments of Premier and Cabinet in South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria. In 2017, Chris was made an Officer of the Order of Australia ‘for distinguished service to public administration, to innovative policy development and sound governance, and to the delivery of reform in the areas of training, education and disability’. Chris was appointed Chair of the Evolve Housing Group Board in November 2024.