Former Head of Cambridge School of Art at Anglia Ruskin University (and now Honorary Visiting Senior Fellow), Chris has led three institutions hosting AA2A schemes, Leeds College of Art & Design (now Leeds Arts University), University of Derby and Anglia Ruskin University. He now researches and writes on art history, and is the author of ‘Drawing in the Dark: Henry Moore’s Coalmining Commission’, published by Lund Humphries in 2022. Chris joined the Board in 2015 and helps AA2A with the promotion of the scheme nationally and recruitment. He leads on the ACE Investment Principle of Ambition and Quality.