Christian graduated in aerospace engineering from ISAE/ENSICA and then took an MBA degree from San Diego State University. He started his aviation career with UTA French Airlines before stepping to the Head of Maintenance & Engineering as well as Ground Operations at Corsair International airlines in 1991. In 2004, he moved to Britair, a regional carrier of the Air France Group as VP Maintenance € Engineering and merged into HOP! In 2013. He then became the founder of Aviation Management Advisors in 2016, providing consultancy services to prime worldwide aviation industry players. He joined La Compagnie in May 2017 as General Manager then stepped up to President of La Compagnie in November 2019.