Sales Director & Strategic Advisor

Chris acts as a strategic adviser & leads the Growth team at Data Hive Consulting. He is also the founder and director of Thunderlabs, a specialist tech consultantcy and recruitment firm working with organisations across ANZ to solve some of their largest challenges with bespoke technology solutions and people solutions.

Chris brings over 20 years of senior sales and commercial leadership experience to Data Hive, with a career built on helping organisations navigate complex technology decisions and turn them into real business outcomes.

Having led sales teams and client portfolios across financial services, ICT, government, and utilities. Chris has deep market connectivity across Australia and the UK, and a proven track record of building lasting client relationships grounded in trust and delivery.

As founder of ThunderLabs and an advisor to Data Hive, Chris combines broad technology consulting experience with a genuine understanding of what finance leaders need from their systems. He works with CFOs and business leaders to cut through complexity and find the right path forward - whether that's a first conversation about CPM or a full Workday Adaptive or OneStream implementation.

Chris is a passionate thinker, reader, and writer. He is knowledgeable in many areas of peak performance and is guided by some of his favourite business books including Good to Great, The Jolt Effect, and many more.

Outside of work you'll find Chris pursuing his love of the outdoors including endurance racing, creating a podcast for his podcast series, spending time with his partner & their 4 kids, and finding new ways to help organisations move from intent to action.