Mr. Christopher S. Saunders is a Certified Public Accountant whose career spans some 20 years in the public and private sectors. He has held senior positions within the banking, telecommunications and financial services industries.  His professional career was nurtured in the Civil Service with him sharpening his accounting skills and knowledge of government operations in the Departments of Lands & Survey, Internal Audit, Treasury and the Auditor General’s Office. Mr. Saunders has lived in the US (New York) and travelled extensively around the Caribbean, Europe and Canada, which has enabled him to observe and see policies and practices that work and equally so, what did not.

He is a former Director of the Health Services Authority and a former member of the Immigration Business Staffing Plan Board.

First elected to the Legislative Assembly (now Parliament) in 2017, he served as a Member of the Opposition. Mr. Saunders served as the Deputy Premier, Minister for Finance & Economic Development and Border Control and Labour from 2021 to March 2023. He also served as a member of the Standing Select Committee to Oversee the Performance of the Office of the Ombudsman (Ombudsman Oversight Committee).

Re-elected in 2025, he is serving his third term representing the people of Bodden Town West, which is not just a constituency – it is his Home.

Mr. Saunders is now serving as a member of the Public Accounts Committee, Ombudsman Oversight Committee and as an Independent Member of the Opposition.