christopher fox

Strategy and Corporate Development Executive | McKinsey Alum

Bio Summary

Strategy and corporate development leader with 20 years of global multi-sector experience and a passion for developing and delivering accelerated growth strategies to drive superior shareholder returns. Demonstrated track record of engaging with top management teams to develop, prioritize and execute against the organization’s highest-value strategic imperatives. Experience across a broad variety of sectors including life sciences, industrials, consumer products and services, technology and private equity.

Core competencies include:

• Business unit strategy • Market assessment • Market entry strategy • Go-to-market strategy • Inorganic growth • Competitor assessment and intelligence • Customer segmentation • Sales and marketing • Performance benchmarking • Financial analysis and modeling • Corporate development • Pipeline development and management • Commercial due diligence • Transaction negotiation • Post-merger integration • Executive leadership • Team building and development • Program Management Office

Employment History

Independent Strategy Consultant

Meridian Strategic Consulting

2014 - present

Richmond, Virginia Area

Meridian Strategic Consulting supports top management in developing and executing high-value corporate and business unit growth strategies Select engagements: • Developed adjacent market growth strategy for a $3B brande ...see more

Vice President, Corporate Strategy

MeadWestvaco

2010 - 2014

Richmond, Virginia

Led the global corporate strategy team Chief responsibilities: • Shape and drive profitable growth strategies across the enterprise and strategic business units • Counsel Leadership Team and SBU Presidents on high-va ...see more

Independent Strategy Consultant

Meridian Strategic Consulting

2009 - 2010

Greenwich, CT

Led strategy and pricing-focused engagements in the pharmaceutical and packaging industries

Principal

Marakon

2005 - 2009

New York, NY

Used Value Based Management lens to bring ideas, objectivity and experience to help executives answer the highest value questions and improve the quality of decision making Representative client engagements: • Drove imp ...see more

Director, Business Strategy

Xerox

2003 - 2005

Stamford, CT

Drove multiple strategy and corporate development efforts Representative engagements: • Led initiatives in the production print space focusing on horizontal consolidation opportunities • Evaluated SMB channel expansi ...see more

Associate Principal

Port Jackson Partners

2002 - 2003

Sydney Olympic Park NSW, Australia

Advised on range of top management issues with boutique McKinsey & Company spin-off • Designed a market-entry strategy for client seeking to enter the insurance industry • Advised on the new integrated organization fo ...see more

Associate Principal

McKinsey & Company

1995 - 2002

Los Angeles, California

Focused on strategy and acquisitive growth; leader of Corporate Finance & Strategy practice Representative client engagements: • Assessed strategic alternatives and fit of potential partners for a $20 billion broadcast ...see more

Senior Analyst

Marakon

1990 - 1993

Melbourne, Australia; Stamford Connecticut

Undertook a variety of consulting assignments in the United States, Australia, and Asia Pacific

Research Associate

Harvard Business School

1989 - 1990

Analyzed M&A transactions for HBS and MIT faculty research on corporate control issues