Originally trained as a product designer, Cris spent over a decade as a successful entrepreneur & CEO building an award-winning design group. After structuring a full exit in 2008 he is now recognised as one of the foremost thought leaders on creating innovative organisations.

As CEO at The Future Shapers Cris specialises in working with CEOs and senior teams and has coached, advised and delivered keynotes to some of the worlds most ambitious companies on how to become exceptional by building game-changing innovation capability and embedding it into organisational culture.

As well as delivering executive education on innovation for leading UK and international business schools, he is the author of the book 'The Road to Innovation', and as well as authoring numerous white papers, has contributed to articles for The Times, Financial Times and The Sunday Telegraph to name but a few.