Christian is a second-year MPA student at Harvard Kennedy School, where he is a McCloy scholar. He holds an MPhil in Economics and a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford.

Before coming to Harvard, Christian was a Senior Associate at the Boston Consulting Group, where he advised public and private sector clients across Europe and Africa. He previously worked on financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa at the International Finance Corporation (World Bank Group), based in Senegal. His interest are focused on the future of development cooperation and the potential for private sector development to tackle youth unemployment.