Chris Lewis spent more than 15 years as a strategic corporate consultant and short-term chief executive of mid-size service companies. Before that, he had a long and distinguished career as a journalist, a magazine editor in Asia, and was a partner in leading public relations and advertising businesses. Mr Lewis is now a semi-retired consultant and devotes half his time to community activities. He has extensive experience on not-for-profit boards. Mr Lewis re-joined the board of Relationships Australia in February 2014 and was appointed its president. He was previously WA President from 2004-2008 and national deputy president in 2006-2007.