Chris Bell
Strategy, Transformation, and Communications Adviser
KPMG and Capstar Advisers
London and Riyadh
Chris Bell is a cutting-edge strategy, leadership and communications specialist and Partner with Capstar Advisers in London and Director with KPMG advising governments on and delivering major transformation strategies in the Middle East. He is also a Senior Adviser to One Search, a global search business with offices in New York, London and Abu Dhabi, as well as to Capsule, a fast growing insurance business for scale-ups. With over 25 years of expertise, he is a clear-sighted, dynamic, and charismatic senior leader.
Chris is a former Major General in the British Army with a track record of exceptional operational delivery, ambitious strategy formulation, and inventive, inclusive, major change program success.
He has a stellar track record, which he now puts to work for Capstar CEO clients and their teams, including advice on large company transactions and crucial investor audience communications, particularly in the context of leadership. With KPMG, he also delivering his fifth multi-million USD global change program in the last 10 years.
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Chris Bell's Experience
February 2021 - present
Partner at Capstar Advisers
September 2023 - present
Senior Adviser at One Search Ltd
September 2023 - present
Senior Adviser at Capsule
December 2023 - present
Director at KPMG
2019 – 2021
CEO - Major General Commanding Army Recruiting and Training
2018 - 2019
Director - British Army Talent Transformation Programme
2016 - 2018
CEO - Army Digital Communications Group. From start up to scale up within 18 months
2013 - 2015
Commanding Officer - 1st Battalion Scots Guards
2010 - 2013
Private Secretary - Head of the British Army (Chief of the General Staff)
Chris Bell's Education
2017
UK Higher Command and Staff Course | CIM Diploma
2007
USA SAMS | Masters Degree
2006
USA CGSC | Masters Degree
1991 - 1994
University of Oxford | Geography MA (Oxon)
Chris Bell's Interests
Professional
Strategy, major change programs, strategic communications, leadership, talent strategies, employee engagement and financial services (Private Equity)
Aspirational
Writing novels and screenplays
Occasionally dabbles with a blog at: https://www.word-ex.com
Personal
Family, environment, opportunity and society
Capstar Advisers
We provide strategic communications assistance to senior management, focusing on the success of individuals and teams. The spoken word is our starting point since it is the most powerful way for people to communicate their messages and themselves.
Management teams face a difficult task in articulating their company's narrative and doing it justice. Your performance and the outcome of what you're trying to do are inextricably linked. That is something we assist with.
In preparing senior management for their critical communications, we ensure they communicate at their natural best, consistently, with a credible and compelling story.
Chris Bell
Partner at Capstar Advisers and Communications Adviser
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