Chris is a Senior Institutional Business Development Manager at Fidante where his primary responsibilities include management of existing and prospective clients, providing market insights and portfolio updates as well as marketing Ardea's portfolio and solutions capabilities across the institutional and asset consultant base. 

Chris has +15yrs experience in investment banking and asset management. Prior to Fidante/Ardea he held roles at Goldman Sachs (IBD), BlackRock (Client Solutions) and Barclays Capital (Equity and Fund Structured Markets) in London, focusing on derivatives-based risk management and investment solutions for defined benefit corporate pension funds in Europe. 

He holds a B.A. in Banking and Finance from Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University, a B.Hons. in Banking and Finance from Open University London and a Master of Finance from Frankfurt School of Finance and Management.