Chris Ginnelly
Growth Specialist – Sales & Marketing
I joined ECI as an independent Growth Specialist focussing on sales and marketing in 2023, having worked on sales-focussed projects with ECI portfolio companies for several years, including projects such as the development of training programs, support on team development, and targeting initiatives. I was involved in the development of the ECI Sales & Marketing Toolkit which ECI leverages to help management teams target opportunities for growth through enhanced sales performance and go-to-market strategies.
I have over 20 years’ experience in leadership positions at Xerox and Civica. Over the course of my career, I have specialised in supporting teams with sales led growth strategies and brand development.
“I think the ECI culture is pretty unique in the PE space. The team is dynamic and results focused at the same time as being supportive and collaborative, and this permeates through to the portfolio companies it invests in.”
“I had a car washing round where I lived when I was 11 or 12. I built up a decent book of clients and had a couple of local friends working with me. I sold it to one of them (for a really low multiple) when I got a better offer to collect money for a local milkman.”
“Dinner with my wife and our 3 kids (when they were little) in an outdoor kitchen in the middle of Bangkok’s Chinatown. The colors, the tastes and the smells had us all blown away, with a crazy hustle and bustle as a backdrop. Great memories.”