He has advised on some of the largest transactions in the healthcare sector in Australia, including the A$2.6 billion private equity takeover battle for Healthscope, the A$2.7 billion leveraged take private of DCA by CVC Capital Partners, Healthscope’s A$3.6 billion joint bid for Symbion Health, the A$1.1 billion sale of DCA Aged Care by CVC Capital Partners and Aspen Pharmacare’s A$900 million acquisition of the pharmaceutical business of Sigma Pharmaceuticals Limited.

In 2010, Christian left Goldman Sachs to become Head of Investment Banking at Investec Australia, where he led a team of 35 professionals to substantially grow Investec’s advisory business. While at Investec, he initiated and advised on the A$1.1 billion acquisition of Spotless Limited by Pacific Equity Partners. The transaction employed several novel takeover techniques, was remarked to set the “high water mark for hostility in Private Equity takeovers in Australia”, and was ultimately successful after a campaign fought with the support of institutional shareholders. He also advised on the A$880 million sale of Ingham Enterprises to TPG, the sale of Supre Holdings to Cotton On, and advised Perpetual on its response to an unsolicited A$1.8 billion takeover approach from KKR.

Christian left Investec in 2014 to establish VCA. Christian graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. He is a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, an Advisory Board Member for Human Rights Watch Australia, a dual US/Australian citizen and an avid sailor.