Christian is the Regional Director for Eastern Africa at the Africa French Development Agency (AFD) covering 11 countries. He previously served as a legal expert within the Risk Department at AFD’s headquarters before joining the Sub-Saharan Africa Department as Country Officer for Cameroon, Central African Republic and Equatorial Guinea. He then served as Country Director in Democratic Republic of Congo based in Kinshasa, Regional Director for Ethiopia, Sudan and South Sudan based in Addis, and Regional Director for Cameroon, Central African Republic and Equatorial Guinea based in Yaoundé. He holds a Masters of Law, International Banking & Finance Law from Boston University and an Advanced Diploma in Business & Tax Law, from University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.