Chris Freel is Chief Revenue Officer ANZ at MiQ. In this role he is responsible for driving growth for partners and clients, employees, and the MiQ business.
Prior to this, Chris was the Group Director of Sales at oOh! media, ANZ’s largest out of home organisation. He was also CEO of UnLtd, the charity foundation of the media, marketing and advertising industry. UnLtd supports over 25 charities in the youth at risk space across Australia and New Zealand, by leveraging the power of the industry for good. Their mission is to ensure that every young person has the best opportunity in life, and under Chris’s leadership they generated over $300Million worth of value to their charity partners, positively impacting tens of thousands of young lives.
Chris also led the launch of the Industry’s first social Enterprise, Mood Tea in late 2020, creating a range of tea products that are now stocked nationwide across Australia’s largest supermarket chain, Woolworths. All profits from Mood tea fund youth mental health projects.
Chris also sits on the board of Musicians Making a Difference (MMAD), is a regular Industry Awards judge, editorial contributor and speaker. He has also been a speaker and mentor for the Marketing Academy since 2018. In 2021 he won Mumbrella Industry Leader of the year in Australia.
Prior to UnLtd Chris was Commercial Director ANZ at Pandora Media where he led the team to Mumbrella Sales Team of the year in 2017. Before that he was the National Agency Sales Director at Fairfax Media and spent 7 years in various roles at Fairfax.
Chris spent 9 years in editorial, events, marketing and sales roles in London before arriving in Australia and in his early career sold deckchairs and donkey rides on Blackpool beach as well as being a part time bingo caller. He is a sport fanatic and lives in Balmain East with his wife and two sons.
