Chris is the head of strategic communications. He is a trained anthropologist with more than 20 years of experience at major news organizations, including The New York Times, International Herald Tribune and the Wall Street Journal, mostly spent in Europe. He served as European Economics editor at Dow Jones, publisher of the Wall Street Journal, and as bureau chief in Rome from the outset of the euro-zone crisis. He has a special interest in the way legislative and reform initiatives can have unexpected interactions with existing beliefs and institutions. Christopher holds an M. Phil. from Australian National University. He is fluent in Italian, English, Spanish and French.