Christian is a Senior Advisor and former Managing Director of Summit Partners. He joined Summit Partners in 2005 and was a member of the Growth Products & Services team.
Christian's board and investment experience includes GRESB, Normec (acquired by Astorg), Ogone (acquired by Ingenico), Peak Well Systems (acquired by Schlumberger), Sézane (acquired by General Atlantic), Sipartech (acquired by Blackstone), Veepee and Westwing Group (FRA: WEW).
Prior to Summit, Christian worked for Apax Partners in Paris, where he was a member of the Technology and Telecommunications team. He holds a BA in history from Yale University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Christian currently serves as a member of the Board of Advisors of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), a bipartisan think tank focused on national security issues, and he is the Chairman of the French American Leadership Forum, a high-level forum dedicated to strengthening the alliance between France and the United States. Christian is a member of the Board of Advisors of the Jackson School of Global Affairs at Yale University and the Board of Governors of the American Hospital of Paris. In addition, he volunteers as a certified EMT as part of a Red Cross ambulance crew in Paris.
Christian is a former board member and Treasurer of Invest Europe. He is a dual French and U.S. citizen and is bilingual in French and English.
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