Welcome to the Second in Command Podcast, produced by the C.O. Alliance and brought to

its founder Cameron Herald.

In the second-in-command podcast, we talked to top COOs who share the insights, strategies,

and tactics that made them the chief behind the chief.

And now here's your host Cameron Herald.

With a career that began as a rookie political speech writer, Christopher Bennett attended Trent University in Canada and developed his love of writing into the public relations and corporate communication space.

He worked several high-profile national political campaigns

including for the Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, Your Honourable John Manley, and

served several Cabinet Ministers and US Senators before being elected to the Green Party of Canada's National Council

and becoming the leader of the BC Green Party in 2007. He holds the record for

the youngest leader of the Canadian Political Party at just 27 years old.

In 2011, business in Vancouver named him to their annual 40 under 40 list.

Stepping away from politics, he moved to California, where he began to build his career in the communications marketing and public affairs for

some of North America's biggest brands including Best Buy, 1-800 Got Junk, Guitar Center, and Sprint.

In 2017, Christopher left his adopted home of Los Angeles and moved back to

BC. He was named executive producer and creative head for the Vancouver Film School and in just

three years he positioned the school to brand new award winning status globally,

including for the first time top 25 film schools globally, top Canadian film school from

Variety magazine, top Canadian film Film School and top 10 global

film schools by Hollywood Reporter, number one animation and B effects school

globally by animation career review magazine, and number One Game Design Program in Canada by

Princeton Review Journal. In March 2007,

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