Chris spent a number of years in the Military with a primary focus on Counter Terrorism, Human Tracking and in particular Mountaineering and was deployed with the Special Forces Mountain Troop.

Chris spent time in Mt Cook, Mt Ruapehu, Southern Alps and numerous other climbing mountaineering roles. Chris completed the Special Forces Tactical & Civilian Technical Mountaineering Courses and Avalanche Awareness Course run in the Southern Alps.

Recently Chris has been actively involved with Schlumberger, a global Oil Field Service Provider to large multi-nationals such as BP, Chinese National Petroleum Company (CNPC) Iraq's Southern Oil Company etc as a Country Security Risk Manager in Pakistan, liaising directly with state agencies and other major oil and gas providers within the region.

Chris has studied towards a Masters in Science in Risk Management; Loughborough University, United Kingdom, is a Security Industry Authority (UK) license holder, a member of the New Zealand Special Air Services (SAS) Association and a member of the Institute of Directors, New Zealand.