Biography

Christian joined PrivatAir in 2010 as Senior Vice President Business Aviation, with responsibility for Charter Sales, Aircraft Management, Aircraft Sales, PrivatJetFuel and all aircraft financing activities. Christian has a Masters degree in Aerospace Engineering. He started his career with Airbus in Hamburg as a Product Support Manager before moving to Toulouse to work in the Asset Management department for a worldwide aircraft valuation program for two years. Subsequently, he worked for Lufthansa Consulting in Cologne where he was involved in shadow management for airlines and aircraft management projects in Europe and Asia. Later, he was promoted as Sales Director with Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg, establishing a new key account “Total Asset Support” looking after financial institutions worldwide. Christian joined HSH Nordbank as Senior Vice President leading all operating lease activities within the bank. Then he set-up a new aircraft leasing company, Amentum Capital, in Ireland, where he served as Chief Operating Officer for 5 years, building up a portfolio of $1.8 billion assets under management. He returned to Germany to lead all aircraft financing and leasing activities for his former shareholder, Deutsche Leasing, before moving to Geneva to join PrivatAir.