Chris has over 10 years experience in the design and marketing industry, including time in New Zealand, Australia and more recently the United Kingdom. In Auckland, his experience included working on some of New Zealand's biggest brands while at renowned agencies M&C Saatchi and Shine Communications, including the Ministry for the Environment, Tourism New Zealand, New Zealand Police, ANZ, Lion Breweries, Maori Television, and Tourism Australia. Following this, he moved to the UK, where he worked for McCann Erickson, Ignition, and CAB Studios. As Head of Creative at CAB Studios, he was responsible for creative direction, design strategy development and art direction for a wide variety of hospitality, cultural and corporate clients including Exclusive Hotels, O2, TeamSport, Gordon Ramsay, Alexander Hotels, The Latymer Restaurant and SCC Technologies.