Chris joined the Cricket Regulator after a long career in policing. His 34 years in policing culminated in Chris being the national Chief Constable lead for Serious and Organised Crime where he was responsible for combating the threat from organised crime groups.
This included drugs importation, cyber crime, on-line exploitation and under cover policing amongst many other disciplines.
Prior to that Chris had been Chief Constable for Lincolnshire Police and a workforce of circa 2000 people overseeing a budget of £170 million. In October 2023 Chris led the national police response to disorder and protest following the Hammas attack on Israel – a time of intense political pressure and scrutiny.
In his early career Chris spent a couple of years as a patrol officer covering deprived areas in Leicester before he moved to the Criminal Investigation Department and then on to a role with Interpol specialising in combatting the smuggling of heroin and drug supply across the globe.
Over his 34 years service Chris has been a Public Order and Firearms Commander leading the police approach to numerous large scale events including Leicester City’s title-winning Premier League season in 2015. He became Assistant Chief Constable in Derbyshire in 2016, and in turn was appointed to the role of national lead for Surveillance and Technical Surveillance. He was later promoted to Deputy Chief Constable leading the East Midlands Specialist Operations Unit where he was responsible for a range of collaborated services including Major Crime Teams, the Serious and Organised Crime Unit and the East Midlands Counter Terrorism Intelligence Unit.
Chris is extremely proud and honoured to have been awarded the King’s Police Service Award for distinguished service in the New Year’s Honours 2025 recognising the positive changes and improvements he made within Lincolnshire Police and his more recent work in the National Police Chief’s Council.
