"I am excited to join Compass and its talented and purpose-driven team. As one of the innumerable people around the world whose life has been touched by mental illness, Compass’s mission is already something I care about deeply. I look forward to bringing this personal passion, together with my experience working on complex communications challenges and issues, to the work of giving hope to people who need it and building a company that can fundamentally change the way we treat mental illness and care for the people it impacts."

Chris Williams

Chief Communications Officer

Before joining Compass, Chris was Vice President, Head of Corporate Communications at Sanofi in Paris for three and a half years, where he oversaw external communications and all corporate channels, built the Executive Communications team and led a rebranding of the company. Prior to this, he was Vice President of Corporate Communications at Juno Therapeutics, Inc, a biotech company focused on developing novel immunotherapies to treat cancer and other diseases. Chris has worked in large pharmaceutical companies, smaller biotech, the financial industry, and non-profit organisations. Throughout his career Chris has been active in supporting and leading diversity and inclusion efforts at the companies where he has worked, and he helped launch LGBTQ+ employee resource groups at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Juno Therapeutics, Inc.

"I am excited to join Compass and its talented and purpose-driven team. As one of the innumerable people around the world whose life has been touched by mental illness, Compass’s mission is already something I care about deeply. I look forward to bringing this personal passion, together with my experience working on complex communications challenges and issues, to the work of giving hope to people who need it and building a company that can fundamentally change the way we treat mental illness and care for the people it impacts."