Dr. Christian Classen

Christian is part of the CDC Group Management and Director in almost all CDC companies. He also acts as case manager in various active cases. Furthermore, Christian manages the CDC Group´s IT company which develops and maintains tailor-made comprehensive solutions for CDC and its clients.

Before joining CDC in 2014, Christian worked for a business consultancy for three years. He gathered additional entrepreneurial, financial and managerial know-how by (co-)founding several businesses before and in parallel to his engagement at CDC.

Christian studied law at the University of Mannheim and worked as a trainee lawyer within the district of the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf. He published his doctoral thesis on the validity of arbitration clauses between monopoly sports associations and athletes.

As a sports enthusiast, Christian spends much of his free time with tennis, football, running and skiing. He is also engaged in several charitable initiatives and still likes to develop and co-found new business ideas.

Sprachen: Deutsch und Englisch