Senior Management Team
Chris Roling
Managing Director Portfolio Businesses
Chris’s responsibilities include pre- and post-acquisition operational change planning and implementation, performance monitoring and governance processes. Chris works with Terra Firma’s operational team and finance professionals to bring about strategic and operational change at Terra Firma’s portfolio businesses. Since August 2007, Chris has been seconded on a full-time basis into the EMI business as Group Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer.
Chris joined Terra Firma in 2007 from ICI Paints and Packaging, where he was Senior Vice President Finance, Procurement and Logistics. Prior to that, Chris held senior international CFO, general management and strategy roles with Aventail Corporation, Getty Images, The Kellogg Company, RJR/ Nabisco and PepsiCo.
Chris has a degree in International Economics from the University of Washington and a Masters in International Business from the University of South Carolina. He also received a Graduate Diploma in Middle Eastern Studies from The American University in Cairo.
Chris is married and has three daughters. He is active in several charities including Outward Bound and Terra Firma’s Prince’s Trust Committee.