Chris is a huge part of who we are as a company, driving success and inspiring those around him every step of the way. His leadership has opened doors, created opportunities, and helped so many of us grow during his time here. With a sharp eye for strategy and a genuine commitment to people, Chris keeps us moving forward while ensuring we stay true to our values.

Let’s meet Chris!

Chris Wild

Commercial Director

I’ve worked in the education IT sector for 30 years in a variety of senior commercial roles and joined turn IT on in April 2017 as Commercial Manager.

My role when I joined turn IT on was to support and manage our amazing team of School Development Managers and Strategic Account Managers who do an incredible job in working with our schools and Trusts to develop a bespoke 3-5 year strategic IT plan focussed on leadership and management, infrastructure and cyber security to ensure IT continually moves forward and meets the school or Trust’s wider strategic objectives. Their dedication and hard work has been integral to our success over the years I’ve worked here.

With a background in bid management, I also lead on our tender responses for schools and Trusts that are taking the opportunity to formally review their current IT support provision and tender for a new IT Managed Service.

We’ve had many notable successes over the years, and a recent highlight has been winning the IT Managed Service at The Mercian Trust. This is a highly successful and growing Trust of 12 schools (8 Secondary, 3 SEN & 1 Primary School) in the West Midlands and we were thrilled to be given the privilege of becoming their new IT Managed Service partner and believe this is a testament to truly understanding the needs of schools and Trusts and how we can best support their requirements.

I was fortunate enough to be promoted to Commercial Director in 2023 and have overall responsibility for our commercial strategy working closely with my Commercial Manager Matt Reader on key initiatives such as our new cyber security suite to ensure we provide our schools and Trusts with a range of appropriate and well researched solutions to keep them safe and secure from the growing threats that they face.

Prior to joining turn IT on, I’ve never worked at a company for more than 6 years as I always feel the need to find new challenges and stretch myself. Turn IT on is such an exciting, fast moving and evolving organisation that I’ve never felt that urge to move on, and most importantly the people in the company are amazing, truly supportive and always willing to go the extra mile to make sure we deliver an amazing service to the schools and Trusts we support.