Chris Woodcock

Former journalist Chris has over 20 years' experience in communications. She is a College Hill Managing Partner and leads the risk management and corporate team. She has advised scores of international businesses, at all levels, and has specialised in the food and drink market since the late 1980s: here, she has built enviable market insight, ranging from flavours and ingredients to FMCG brands. Strategic internal or change communications, extensive international media training and complex issues management are amongst her many areas of expertise.

Chris is a renowned crisis, risk and issues management expert in Europe and beyond, having invented and built one of the continent's most advanced practices and produced a version tailored to the food and drink industry, along with a network of specialist partners. Her clients span the complete food supply chain and extend to civil engineering, public landmarks, commercial property, government agencies and industrial manufacturing.