Chris Stirk

As managing director of Herbalife’s Europe and Africa region, Chris Stirk is responsible for all business, strategy, sales and marketing functions across the region’s 44 markets. Mr. Stirk helps the company and Herbalife Independent Distributors deliver on their purpose of helping people live their best lives and building Herbalife into the premier health and wellness company, community and platform.

Prior to joining Herbalife in 2020, Mr. Stirk spent over 20 years in various marketing, commercial and general management roles for leading health and wellness brands in the U.K. and Asia-Pacific. Most recently, he founded a consultancy supporting various clients in the health care sector to launch and grow. This included expanding a tele-medicine business across Europe and India, and supporting the international expansion of Noom, a cognitive behavioral therapy-based weight-loss coaching app.

Mr. Stirk also enjoyed a successful career, spanning 13 years, at Weight Watchers where he held numerous general management, marketing and commercial roles in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. Before Weight Watchers, he spent a decade working in the pharmaceutical industry, leading consumer health care marketing for brands such as Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson.

Mr. Stirk holds an MBA and a graduate diploma in management from the Australian Graduate School of Management (AGSM), and a joint award from Sydney and New South Wales universities. He also studied marketing and science at the Sydney Institute of Technology in Australia.