Chris Buckingham is Managing Director of Avencia Consulting and Avencia Talent Solutions — two specialist businesses focused on helping organisations respond to structural change and deliver measurable outcomes.

At Avencia Consulting, Chris oversees the firm’s AI Enablement and Adoption and Data Foundations practices. His work with clients is grounded in a practical view that the challenge is no longer strategy, but execution — embedding AI, strengthening data infrastructure and reshaping operating models to support new ways of working and evolving capability.

Avencia Talent Solutions, founded in 2018, was built to challenge traditional approaches to talent acquisition in the (re)insurance sector. The business combines deep market expertise with a flexible, outcome-led delivery model — supporting clients across permanent RPO, senior and executive hiring, contractor MSP solutions, and AI-enabled recruitment technology. Its clients range from PE-backed MGAs and growth platforms to global carriers.