Christoph led several airlines as CEO most notably Malaysia Airlines, Aer Lingus, Hapag-Lloyd and the Sabena Group focusing on turnaround and recovery. He also pioneered the digital transformation, advanced analytics, innovation and agile ways of working as EVP for Digital Transformation & Innovation at the Emirates Group. Previously, he was also Group CFO of DHL and held senior management positions at Lufthansa, Daimler-Benz Aerospace and Airbus.
Having spent significant time as a corporate executive, Christoph made the decision to gradually take on non-executive positions where he contributes his expertise and experience independently. Currently, he serves on the board of an airline in North America, and on the board of a mobile satellite company in Europe.
Christoph is motivated by having skin in the game by actively investing in high potential organisations.