Christopher McDermott, Partner, Markets and Planning

Christopher is the firm’s Head of Markets and Planning. He is responsible for Coller Capital’s brand, investor proposition and business planning.

He joined Coller from KPMG, where he was Marketing Director for KPMG Consulting EMEA and a member of the team responsible for demerging the business from the parent firm. Before this, he spent 15 years in marketing services consultancy, specialising in high-value business-to-business services, and was a director of both Shandwick and Ruder Finn.

He has an MA in Philosophy from Cambridge University and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.