Christopher B. Edwards

Chris Edwards and his family have resided in the U.S. since 2008. He is a chartered global management accountant (CGMA) qualifying in Liverpool, U.K., and has an M.B.A. from the Manchester Business School, U.K. Chris Edwards is Vice President of Finance for Solesis. Chris joined the Solesis team in 2013.

He is an experienced finance professional who is responsible for all divisional finance activities, as well as shared financial services across the broader Michelin group of companies. As Vice President of Finance for Solesis, Chris works alongside the president of Solesis, Karen West, to oversee the development and expansion of Michelin’s Medical Business Line.

Although high level strategic finance is Chris’s specialty, he brings more than his financial wisdom/acumen to the team. He has a broad view of business, is commercially minded, with a strong grasp of business outside of finance. Chris has a solid underpinning in global finance having worked for Bristol-Myers Squibb, ConvaTec and Inventiv Health in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and US. Chris spent this time building finance teams, setting up shared services models, supporting senior leadership, as well as managing acquisitions and divestitures. All during an especially challenging time to be doing business in those areas of the globe. Chris has a keen understanding of people, products, international issues, along with mergers and acquisitions.

Over the years, Chris has built a reputation as someone who uses a strategic approach to identify problems, see the details, anticipate the risks, and perform the financial analysis needed to drive growth, organic or via acquisitions, to deliver the most value to shareholders. In his leadership role as Division Finance Director, Chris is instrumental in pursuing the division’s business development strategies, including the integration of acquisitions. Chris also focuses on leading and developing the financial leadership teams at Solesis’s operating companies, Secant Group, Charter Medical and SanaVita.