About

Hi! I’m Chris Holmes, Senior Data Scientist at EDF in the South West of England.

I’m a professional, confident and highly driven problem solver with a keen eye for scientific rigour and reproducible analysis.

I have a particular love for the R programming language and enjoy contributing to the R open source community through the development of tools and packages (most often related to data visualisation).

I am also a Nintendo and Columbo enthusiast!

Professional Experience

• EDF
  • Senior Data Scientist - [Jun 2025 - present]
• Ashwoods Lightfoot Ltd
  • Data and Analytics Manager - [Sep 2024 - Jun 2025]
• Full Fibre Ltd
  • Head of Data and Analytics - [Sep 2023 - Sep 2024]
  • Data Scientist - [Aug 2021 - Sep 2023]
• Openreach Ltd (BT)
  • Senior Data Scientist - [Apr 2017 - Aug 2021]
  • Data Scientist - [Sep 2015 - Apr 2017]
• Imerys Minerals Ltd
  • Research Scientist - [Nov 2011 - Aug 2015]

Education

• PhD in Physics - University of Exeter, UK
• 1st Class Masters Degree in Physics - University of Exeter, UK