Chris Lee is a veteran in capital markets, with a career spanning five decades, involving investment banking, moneylending, securities trading, portfolio management, sharebroking and financial advice.
He held an executive management position in General Finance Limited in the early 1980s when it was a large finance house owned by the National Bank of New Zealand. His knowledge of the finance company sector is deep.
In 1985 he formed his own sharebroking and financial advisory business. Today it has six advisers, four partners, five administrative staff and branches in Paraparaumu Beach and Timaru, servicing several thousand clients.
Through mainstream newspapers and via a newsletter posted on his website (www.chrislee.co.nz) Chris has crusaded against poor financial market practices. He has made multiple submissions, often successfully, on new laws in the financial advisory sector and has been active in improving financial literacy as a regular guest speaker at colleges and adult education events.
He and Giovanna married in 1977 and have three sons, all prominent in capital markets (James, Edward and Jonathan), three multi-talented daughters-in-law (Janine, Kalyn and Suzy), and three grandchildren (Madison, Daniella and Lukas).
He works out of the Paraparaumu Beach office of Chris Lee and Partners Ltd.