Chris Clark

Observer
DISC Type : ic

Senior Manager, Operational Resilience at Pay.UK

United Kingdom

Overview

Chris Clark is the Senior Manager of Operational Resilience at Pay. UK, where he focuses on safeguarding the UKs payments infrastructure. With a background in cyber and technology resilience from his time at RBC, he holds a Master of Arts from the University of Oxford and was a finalist for the FS-ISAC 2023 Global Leaders award.

Outside of his primary career in risk and resilience, Chris has a background in high-level athletics, having served as an Assistant Coach for the University of London Boat Club. This experience points to a strong interest in rowing and coaching.

Unique fact: Chris was recognized as a finalist for the FS-ISAC 2023 Global Leaders award for his contributions to the financial services sector.

Personality Overview

Example Seeker

Assertive

Value Driven

They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing.  They are generally good communicators and can be hard to convince. They often ask many questions and rely heavily on information and documentation.

Topics They Care About

Operational Resilience
His entire career is focused on operational, cyber, and technology resilience, particularly within the financial and payments sectors.
UK Payments Infrastructure
He recently expressed excitement about his responsibility in keeping the UK's retail payment services resilient at Pay. UK.
Cyber Recovery
He hosted sessions at a financial cybersecurity event and highlighted an Accenture presentation on cyber resilience and recovery as being "right up my street".

Media Appearances

Chris has no verified media appearances

Work History

3-2025
Senior Manager, Operational Resilience at Pay.UK
3-2024 - 3-2025
Cyber Resilience at RBC
9-2021 - 3-2024
Digital Resilience Manager at RBC Brewin Dolphin
8-2014 - 9-2021
Technical Program Manager at Horizon Asset
8-2012 - 7-2014
Assistant Coach at University of London Boat Club

Education

1998 - 2001
Master of Arts (MA) from University of Oxford
3-2023 - 12-2024
Data Analyst Level 4 Apprenticeship - Data Fellowship from Multiverse

More Information

Social Presence :

Prographics :

Exp : 24 Location : United Kingdom Job Level : Middle Designation : Senior Manager, Operational Resilience at Pay.UK
URL has been copied!

Insights For Selling To Chris

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Focus on immediate action-items rather than the larger goals
  • Build rapport, it will come handy to handle hard questions later
  • Persuade objectively how your product will help them achieve their goals

DONT's

  • Don’t brush off any concerns, take all questions seriously
  • Don’t try to rush them into a decision, provide all necessary information first
  • Don’t rely excessively on your relationship with them to win the deal

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Chris is

  • Clear proof of product value matters to them, followed by others' testimonials and rapport.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Chris

  • They are practical and friendly, don't expect a clear-cut response often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Chris move?

  • They like to be detailed and take their time to arrive at decisions.
  • Can Chris take some risk or not?

  • They systematically evaluate all decisions and are unlikely to take many risks.

You And Chris

Personality Compatibility


More Profiles

Discover additional public profiles from our index.

Search more profiles

Looking for someone else? Search here for anyone.

Or visit Humantic AI to know more.