Chris Fletcher

Chris is Executive Director of Skills Policy at Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce. He is responsible for leading the Chamber’s work on the GM Local Skills Improvement Plan. His team also run the Chamber’s research and survey work including the influential Quarterly Economic Survey and are responsible for publishing the Greater Manchester Index.

He joined the Chamber in 2003 and has worked on a number of policy areas during his career there.

Prior to joining the Chamber he spent two successful years at business education charity Young Enterprise after spending 16 years at NatWest in a variety of roles including a range of business manager positions focusing on start-ups and early stage developing growth businesses.

He has sat on and chaired a number of groups for a variety of organisations both public and private sector and has a real interest in how policy work affects economic regeneration, transport and innovation.