He is the President of the University of Ulster Alumni executive committee and a committee member of the Northern Ireland branch of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations. He has studied at the Ulster Business School at the University of Ulster, Montana State University Business School (MSU), USA and Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. On a voluntary basis, Chris is the current chairperson (and co-founder) of a UK children’s charity the Youth Empowerment Scheme (YES) which aims to promote the social inclusion of children aged 11-14 years old from diverse ethnic, religious, educational and socio-economic backgrounds.