Chris Wearing

strategy, technology development and delivery, outsourcing, enterprise wide cost reduction, leadership development and market development. He held a number of leadership positions during his tenure at Accenture including Managing Partner of the New York office for seven years (the largest consulting firm in NYC with 3,400 consultants), U.S. Head for their Financial Services Management Consulting practice and the Global Head of the Financial Services Talent and Organizational Performance practice. He also led their Capital Markets and Banking Client Service groups for the U.S. He was the Global Client Partner for a number of major Fortune 100 companies.

In 2001, Mr. Wearing helped found NPowerNY and is the Chairman of the Board of Directors for NPower (now a national non-profit that provides comprehensive, high-quality & affordable technology assistance to thousands of non- profits across the U.S). Mr. Wearing was the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Big Apple Circus for six years and is now Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Only Make Believe. Mr. Wearing represented Accenture on the Partnership for New York City Board and was a David Rockefeller Fellow (Class of 2003). He has presented on Corporate Philanthropy at the United Nations and The White House.

Mr. Wearing holds a B.A. degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford University. He lives in New Canaan, CT with his wife, Danielle, and their sons Christopher and Ian and daughter Grace.