Chris leads the Defence Teaming Centre (DTC) which is the peak defence industry body in South Australia. The DTC represents and advocates on behalf of 250 companies employing in excess of 17,000 people in SA's defence industry. As the South Australian chapter of AIDN the DTC aims to be a pre-eminent defence industry forum, focused on collaboration and teaming industry that are actually or potentially involved in supplying Defence capabilities and/or are influenced by Defence business policies or purchasing decisions.