Chris Andrews (born 4 March 1961) is an

ocean rower Ocean rowing is the sport of rowing across oceans. Some ocean rowing boats can hold as many as fourteen rowers; however, the most common ocean rowboats are designed for singles, doubles, and fours. The history of ocean rowing is divided into two ...

and winner of the 2005

Atlantic Rowing Race The Atlantic Rowing Race is an ocean rowing race from the Canary Islands to the West Indies, a distance of approximately 2,550 nm (2,930 statute miles or 4,700 km). The race was founded in 1997 by Sir Chay Blyth with subsequent races roug ...

with his partner Clint Evans in their boat C² – the first British crew to win the

. Andrews is the former director of risk management of

Clifford Chance Clifford Chance LLP is a British multinational law firm headquartered in London, England, and a member of the " Magic Circle", a group of leading London-based multinational law firms. In 2022-2023 Clifford Chance was the third largest law fir ...

– an international law firm and a former director at

Ernst & Young EY, previously known as Ernst & Young, is a multinational corporation, multinational professional services partnership, network based in London, United Kingdom. Along with Deloitte, KPMG and PwC, it is one of the Big Four accounting firms, Big F ...

. He was educated at

Latymer Upper School Latymer Upper School is a public school in Hammersmith, London, England, on King Street. It derives from a charity school, and is part of the same 1624 Latymer Foundation, from a bequest by the English legal official Edward Latymer. There ...

Hammersmith Hammersmith is a district of West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. It ...

, London and Reading University, where he studied law. He rowed for Great Britain at World Championship Level in 1989 (Bled, Yugoslavia) and 1990 (Lake Barrington, Tasmania), in both years in the men's quadruple scull. He is the director of risk and compliance at the law firm Pinsent Masons LLP.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Andrews, Chris Ocean rowers English male rowers British male rowers People educated at Latymer Upper School Living people 1961 births Place of birth missing (living people)