Prior to founding PACT, Christian was the global co-head and co-chair of the investment committee of Petershill, the GP Stakes and seeding business at Goldman Sachs. Under Christian’s leadership, Petershill successfully raised several successive GP Stakes funds, launched a seeding strategy, invested over $7.5 billion of capital across more than 30 private market transactions, publicly listed part of its legacy portfolio, sold multiple individual investments, and raised investment-grade debt for one of its funds.

Earlier in his career, Christian was a senior member of Goldman Sachs’s secondary private equity team and led the creation of the Goldman Sachs Senior Loan Program, a direct lending program specifically designed for insurance companies. Prior to his 24-year career at Goldman Sachs, Christian worked at Salomon Brothers and McKinsey. Christian earned a B.S. in Finance from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the University of Chicago.