A seasoned entrepreneur with 20+ years of experience scaling businesses with profit and purpose, Chris is a values-led leader who enjoys taking on challenges. As Founder & CEO of Oka, The Carbon Insurance Company, Chris is bringing this experience to global carbon markets. Opaque and unregulated, carbon markets are in urgent need of risk mechanisms. Chris and his team are working towards a future where every carbon credit is insured, enabling developers to unlock the capital required to scale high-impact climate projects and corporations to meet their net-zero targets. Before joining Oka, The Carbon Insurance Company, Chris spent 15 years as Co-Founder and COO of Simply Business, a UK/US-based insurtech. As a leader of the world's first online quote and buy platform for small business insurance, Chris was the architect of many of the companies firsts; panel insurer creation, MGA build-out, delegated claims administration, price optimization, online:offline quote and buy, and more -- including a spot at the top of the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2015 and 2016, as well as becoming one of the UK's first financial services B-Corp. After the company's 2017 exit to the Travelers Group (NASDAQ:TRV), Chris remained an advisor to the business. For the past five years, Chris has worked across several organizations, including as CEO of Sanctus, a UK workplace coaching business; as Partner at 53º Capital, a fund investing in European start-up and scale-up companies; and Trustee for Young Enterprise, the UK's largest youth education charity. Chris obtained a degree in Business Economics from the University of Liverpool and an MBA from Bayes Business School, City University, London.