Chris Blues

Chris is Programme Manager for Social Ventures. He works to stimulate and nurture social venture activity, develop resilient partnerships, and enable the Skoll Centre to provide a meaningful contribution to the Oxford impact ecosystem.Chris also works on several projects with The Impact Collective, Social Enterprise Academy and on the Investment Board of City Funds. Up until April 2018, Chris was International Director of the Akina Foundation, New Zealand's primary social enterprise development organisation. Chris led programmes across the South Pacific and South East Asia. This work included providing enterprise and entrepreneur development programmes, strategic advisory for sector development and brokering impact investment. Chris has had quite a varied career to date. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with EY and is a fellow of the On Purpose leadership programme. Chris spent time in Uganda to help set up a community social enterprise called the Knowledge Facilitators Club (KNOFACIC) which supports the local community by providing training and creating micro credit unions. Chris holds a Geography BSc Hons from University of Bristol. He is a published scientific author and he was been awarded the Global Influencer Award 2017 (ICAS) and Top 35 Accountants Under 35 2019 (ICAS).