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Chris Barnes


Senior Project Officer

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About Chris

Chris Barnes is a Senior Project Officer. He manages the product reviews that are done outside of CHOICE with external labs or data sources. This includes solar panels, electric heaters, air purifiers and detergents. 

Chris also manages our testing services through our commercial arm, Test Research, and he is CHOICE's NATA authorised representative for our lab's formal accreditations. 

Chris is involved with the standards committee for air conditioners. And he works with government and industry in areas such as product safety and regulation. 

In over 20 years at CHOICE, Chris has managed lab teams for a wide range of products, including children's products, kitchen appliances, laundry appliances, garden power tools and more.

Chris has a Science degree from the University of Sydney.

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