Chris manages the Humanitarian Grand Challenge program. Chris completed his bachelors in Risk Management from Glasgow Caledonian University. He worked as an Associate Vice President for Marsh Risk Consulting before his humanitarian career. Since then, he has worked for Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Papua New Guinea, Nigeria, Turkey, Ethiopia and Pakistan as a Logistician, a Project Coordinator, and a Deputy Head of Mission.
Chris has served on the board of directors of MSF Canada from to 2012 to 2018. He has worked for the Canadian Red Cross in Lebanon and Nepal evaluating and overseeing health projects. In early 2017, he managed logistics and operational support for World Health Organisation in Yemen. He co-founded kid-E-care paediatric urgent care clinic in Toronto and teaches the Complex Humanitarian Emergencies module at University of Toronto’s Global Health Education Initiative.
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