Chris Hallmark

Chris has over 35 years’ experience in management and consulting across sectors as varied as manufacturing, financial services, utilities, healthcare, education and entertainment. He learned world class manufacturing techniques with specialist materials multinational Morgan Crucible before moving into management consulting in 1999.

 Having been part of the leadership team that grew a boutique consulting firm from £4 million to more than £30 million turnover, he semi-retired in 2023 and now devotes his time largely to support for the charity and education sectors.

 He supports Pilotlight, a charity that provides consultancy to other charities, and is a trustee of East Midlands Academy Trust. Chris has led the design and delivery of operations excellence (OpEx) programmes for over 20 years, helping clients to deliver major steps forward in customer experience, productivity, quality, risk management and cost reduction.

 He supported the development of one of the UK’s leading operations excellence academies and has trained, coached and implemented operations excellence in a wide range of companies, large and small, with a very strong track record of success and client advocacy.

 His education sector experience includes a study of operational efficiency in a secondary school for the Institute of School Business Leaders. In 2024, he led the ISBL research study into the opportunity for operational excellence in schools and multi-academy trusts and was the lead author of the published report and OpEx framework.

 Chris has played a pivotal role in developing CEOE’s Solutions offering and has led the delivery of CEOE’s pilot programme.

Sector Expertise

Professional Services | Manufacturing | Financial Services | Utilities | Healthcare, Education | Entertainment

Sector Expertise

Nexus MAT, Diocese of Westminster Academy Trust, Brighter Futures Learning Partnership Trust, Wave MAT, Step Academy Trust, Thinking Schools Academy Trust, E-ACT, Wessex MAT, Astrea Academy Trust, EMAT, Red Kite Learning Trust, Houlton Church of England Academy Trust, Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust, The Challenge Academy Trust

Publications

A study into the applicability of OpEx to education systems

Board Positions

Board Trustee at East Midlands Academy Trust