Chris Whelan
BBusSc, MPhil - Senior Consultant
Chris is a supportive and dynamic coach and facilitator who brings foresight and a wealth of business experience and hunger to find new solutions to help leaders reach their full potential.
Chris is a business executive and strategic transformation practitioner with over 20 years of experience facilitating and delivering change and shaping effective leadership. He has worked in operational management and the consulting sector, holding Chief Executive Officer positions in New Zealand and South Africa.
Chris has specialist expertise and experience in systems thinking, strategy execution and transformation and change leadership. He is a highly skilled executive leader who has a breadth of experience across various sectors, including Government and Public Sector, Financial Services, Retail, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods and Manufacturing. Chris has a broad array of expertise in financial and operational management, stakeholder management, managing the board/executive interface and providing governance oversight.
Chris draws on his global leadership experience in delivering impactful solutions to his clients. He has held responsibilities for delivering significant projects in complex national and international settings.
Chris brings a nuanced and partnering approach to his roles. He is insightful, considered and resilient. His passion for seeing leaders develop matches his ‘can do’ approach and aptitude for building relationships that last. His purpose is to create sustainable, prosperous communities in Aotearoa New Zealand. Most recently he’s been helping organisations to execute complex and challenging transformation and change in pursuit of that purpose
Chris is an experienced leader, facilitator, mentor and coach with an aptitude for solving ‘wicked’ problems. He supports other leaders to ‘step up’, overcome challenges and optimise opportunities. Others describe Chris as “dynamic”, “passionate”, “committed”, “knowledgeable”, “insightful” and “trusted”, with the utmost professionalism.
Chris is an encouraging and challenging coach, who supports clients to think beyond their confines and realise new areas of growth and opportunity.