Chris Philipsborn

A graduate of the LSE, Chris specialises in Crisis Communications and Reputation Management.

With over 30 years’ experience in-house and as a consultant, he has been a Director on four executive boards across the nuclear, outsourcing, consultancy and ngo sectors and has worked extensively across EMEA, the US, Asia and Latin America, including five years in Brussels as Head of European Corporate Affairs at BT Group.
Recognised as a Top Recommended Provider in The Spear’s 2026 Guide to Reputation Managers and Lawyers, he is also active across politics and public affairs.

He chairs The Ad Hoc Council, a membership forum founded in 1975 bringing together senior representatives from the corporate world with key European policy makers and was selected by the UK Labour Party as a Parliamentary candidate in the 2024 General Election.

Chris also serves as chair of UK national charity Meningitis Now. He is an experienced trustee and NED, having served on the boards of the UK Nuclear Industries Association, Brainkind, and The Bowlby Centre.
He is a Freeman of the City of London, liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Communicators, and a Salzburg Global Fellow.