G. Christopher Welton

G. Christopher Welton is an award-winning leader in financial communications, investor relations, and financial management, with more than 25 years of experience advising global companies and their executives across Europe and North America. He works with listed corporates, private-equity-backed groups, and high-growth businesses, and is recognized for building trusted relationships with investors and stakeholders and for developing and executing IR strategies that enhance valuation, strengthen corporate reputation, and support complex transactions. He is fully bilingual in English and French.

Through LPM Conseil, Chris operates across two complementary practices. The first is hands-on financial management: as an interim Head of Finance / DAF de transition, he takes direct ownership of the finance function (monthly close on a J+7 timeline, 13-week rolling cash forecasts, budget ownership, and bilingual board pack production) and leads structured financing and fundraising support, including FCT, asset-based lending, syndicated loans, and covenant monitoring, working in direct coordination with accountants, auditors, and banking partners. The second is financial communication and investor relations: he prepares earnings materials and investor days, shapes disclosure strategy, and steps in as interim IRO for listed groups.

Chris is also the creator of IR-GO, an AI platform that compresses the preparation of a complete earnings package (press release, presentation, Q&A, and script) from days or weeks to minutes, while keeping the IRO in control of every word. He uses AI tools daily to automate reporting, reconciliation, and analysis, building leaner and faster finance processes for his clients, and supports them on strategic operations such as board governance and fundraising readiness, as well as ESG reporting programmes.

Over the course of his career, Chris has built deep expertise across a broad range of industries. His sector experience spans banking and finance, telecommunications, transportation infrastructure, construction, oil and gas, e-commerce, furniture retail, and grocery and mass-market retail. This cross-sector perspective lets him quickly grasp how investors, lenders, and stakeholders evaluate very different business models.

Chris holds a master's degree in international relations from Johns Hopkins University SAIS. Beyond his professional work, he serves as Treasurer of Music for Life, a non-profit association, and has held a board position at the Association Syndicale du Parc (ASP) in Maisons-Laffitte, France.