{"id":806,"date":"2023-12-05T17:34:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-05T06:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/oncore\/?page_id=806"},"modified":"2026-04-16T13:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T03:25:08","slug":"chris-krishna-pillay","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/on-core-2023\/meet-the-2023-speakers\/chris-krishna-pillay\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Krishna-Pillay"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright nba-caption-filter transcript__wrapper\"><div class=\"transcript__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/ontranslate\/files\/2023\/12\/Chris-KP2-1-150x150.png\" alt=\"Chris Krishna-Pillay\" class=\"wp-image-807\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"transcript__info\"><div class=\"transcript__caption\"><div class=\"transcript__caption-text\"><p>Chris Krishna-Pillay<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chris has a background in science education, organisational development and stakeholder engagement, as well as extensive experience in theatre and the performing arts, and has worked at CSIRO for more than 30 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chris\u2019 performance experience is extensive and diverse, and includes theatre, music, radio and television. 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