Management Group & Directors
Prior to co-founding King River, Chris has long been a dedicated global venture capital investor. He launched two fund management platforms along with partners that collectively raised in excess of US$600M, and has led investor syndicates in multi-stage software ventures via CKA Capital and other entities resulting in 28 early to mid-stage investments.
Chris spent the first nineteen years of his career at Goldman Sachs, where he was a Partner and was based in Frankfurt, London and Moscow. He was Co-Head of the European Financial Institutions Group in the Investment Banking Division, and in that role co-founded a funds management business which today commands a multi-billion dollar market valuation.
In addition to FinClear Chris serves on the boards of Ariadne Australia (ASX-listed), CNG Fuels and on the advisory board of GreenSync. He also serves on the President’s Leadership Council at Brown University.
Chris obtained a BSc in Physics from Brown University and an MSc in Physics from Harvard University.