Christopher (“Chris”) Cooke

Non-Executive Director

Christopher invests in small UK companies with a focus on engineering, clean energy and life sciences in particular. He has also worked as an independent business and organisational consultant for the last 15 or so years, prior to which he was a senior human resources professional mainly in engineering, technology and manufacturing enterprises. Two of Christopher’s interim roles have been Interim Director of People at Railpen Investments (one of the world’s largest pension funds and asset allocators) and as Interim Executive Director of People at the Student Loans Company (a very large publicly owned financial and lending institution).

He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Manchester, and Masters degrees in Strategic HR, and in Organisational Psychology from Hull and Sheffield universities respectively. His most recent consultancy assignments have involved advising and consulting with private owners of significant owner-managed businesses in the healthcare and manufacturing/engineering industries.