Chris brings significant experience leading and delivering grid connection studies, BESS and renewables advisory, and complex transmission engineering for tier-one developers, utilities and OEMs. He joined the Grid Connections team in 2024 as Operations Manager, responsible for resource scheduling, delivery coordination and client engagement across Australia, India and Malaysia, and was promoted to lead the team's power systems business in 2025. His operational and commercial grounding comes from two decades at Telstra, progressing from process engineer to program lead on transformation programs exceeding $1 billion, and five years as owner-operator of a residential construction business, before returning to consulting in 2022 to lead a digital business transformation program. He holds a Bachelor of Business from RMIT University, and has completed postgraduate studies in Agile Project Management at Swinburne University and PRINCE2 Foundations.