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Biography

Chris joined Vitruvian Partners as General Counsel in 2018. In 2019, he was also appointed as Vitruvian’s Chief Risk Officer and Money Laundering Reporting Officer (UK Senior Manager Function 17), as well as assuming responsibility for Compliance Oversight (UK Senior Manager Function 16). Chris is also a Director of Vitruvian Partners Limited and various other Vitruvian Partners entities. Chris is currently a member of the BVCA Legal and Accounting Committee and was previously a member of Invest Europe’s Financial Services / Regulatory Working Group. In 2021 Chris was awarded the “Legal and Compliance Professional of the Year” at The Drawdown Awards. From 2014 to 2018, Chris was an Executive Director & Senior Counsel at Goldman Sachs, where he supported the Merchant Banking Division, the Principal Strategic Investments Division and various Firmwide Investments. Prior to Goldman, Chris was at Slaughter and May for nine years, where he specialised in public and private M&A.