Co-founder of Factary. Expert in fundraising.
Chris is a researcher, consultant and trainer in philanthropy and fundraising. He has worked in the non-profit sector since 1980, initially as a fundraiser in the UK. He was a researcher in the House of Commons 1982-84 working on rights for people with disabilities. In 1990 he co-founded Factary, Europe’s leading fundraising research agency.
Today he is a consultant, working with international NGOs on philanthropy programs and large donors (“strategic donors”). He has experience in philanthropy and fundraising in Europe, Latin America, Africa and the Arab Emirates.
Chris has been involved in the development of philanthropy in Europe since 2000 through philanthropic associations (Impact Europe, Philea and others), and fundraising associations (he is an honorary member of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising, and a member since 2003 of the Spanish Fundraising Association).
He is a teacher in fundraising masterclasses, co-creator of the online course “Fundraising with Major Donors in Europe”, and a teacher in fundraising in a Master’s degree at the University of Barcelona. Chris is the author of “How Philanthropy is Changing in Europe” and other fundraising books, articles and blogs.
He studied BSc Hons at the University of Southampton.
