Chris Smith

Program Officer

Chris joined the Global Health and Wellbeing team as a Strategy Fellow in January 2022. He leads our grantmaking in alcohol policy, conducts research across our Global Health and Wellbeing portfolio, and manages special projects. 

Prior to joining Open Philanthropy, he worked as a freelance strategy consultant, and previously at OC&C Strategy Consultants in London. Chris has bachelor’s degrees in Philosophy and Theology from the University of Oxford and in Economics and Mathematical Sciences from the Open University; he completed his Masters in Public Health at Imperial College London.