Chris Balls
Vice President, Print
Chris Balls is Vice President, Print, leading Kodak's Equipment Manufacturing, Engineering and R&D operations serving our Print industry customers. He reports to Jim Continenza, Executive Chairman and CEO, Eastman Kodak.
Balls’ earlier roles at Kodak include leading manufacturing and supply chain operations in Harrow and Annesley in England; Rochester, NY; and Xiamen, China; primarily in the Film and Photographic Paper divisions. He then led the China Equipment manufacturing organization in Shanghai, China before relocating back to Rochester. Mr. Balls also led the Corporate Real Estate and Kodak's Service organizations. More recently he has had various leadership roles in both the Traditional and Digital Print businesses. He was appointed to his current position in 2022.
Balls joined Kodak in 1979 in Harrow, England.
He holds a B.S. Honours degree in Chemistry from the University of Nottingham in England.