Chris Leslie joined the Credit Services Association (CSA) as Chief Executive in August 2020. He is a former Member of Parliament for Nottingham East (2010 – 2019) and Shipley (1997 – 2005) and was Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer in 2015. He was a Government Minister in several departments, with responsibility for constitutional issues and the courts, local government and at the UK Cabinet Office. For five years from 2005 he was Chief Executive director at the New Local Government Network think tank, leading new research and policy development on devolved governance across the UK, during which time Chris was also a trustee at the debt advice charity Consumer Credit Counselling Service (now 'StepChange'). He specialised in financial services and economic policy during his time in Parliament since 2010 and was shadow City Minister and shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Chris also served for three years on the International Trade Select Committee of the House of Commons and the Public Accounts Committee.