Chris joined Hamlins in 2009 to head up the Finance and associated functions. Chris is the firm’s Compliance Officer for Finance and Administration (COFA).

He sits on the Firm’s Management Committee and is a member of various panels including the ICAEW Solicitors Group and the Solicitors Financial Management Group.

After specialising in financial IT systems development and implementation with Deloitte, he then moved into the Lloyds of London insurance market, where he instructed and worked with numerous law firms as a client. He then “transferred sides” and entered the world of law firm management in 2000.

He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.