Chris started his career with Commercial Union in Edinburgh before joining McLarens Toplis, where he held various positions in the South and Midlands. In 1993 he was appointed as one of their youngest ever Directors.
During his career Chris has been involved in practically all aspects of loss adjusting, ranging from handling claims right through to setting up the industry’s first managed contractor network, establishing call centres and claims management operations.
In 2001 Chris was involved in the sale of McLarens to Capita plc where he was appointed an executive director of insurance services but disagreeing with the direction of the business, he left 18 months later and subsequently led a team which acquired the former QuestGates partnership. The aim was to establish a business which was owner managed and focussed on service delivery and innovation. QuestGates has since grown organically and by acquisition and, with around 600 employees, is now the largest independently owned adjusting company in the UK as well as being the UK and Ireland partner in the global vrs adjusting organisation.
Chris is married with three adult children and a pedigree cat. In his spare time he enjoys swimming, time on his narrow boat (hopefully not at the same time) and supporting Liverpool FC.
