Christian joined Trez Capital in 2021 as Chief Risk Officer and has 20 years of diverse commercial lending experience, with in-depth knowledge in credit structuring, risk and portfolio management. He spent 15 years at the Bank of Montreal (BMO) in a variety of progressively senior commercial banking and credit risk management roles, including Head of Credit Structuring and Portfolio Management for Commercial Banking, where he had credit risk oversight and defined the risk appetite for an $80 billion commercial portfolio, including $20 billion in commercial real estate. Other notable posts at BMO included Head of Syndications, Head of Commercial Credit Western Canada and National Director for the Special Account Management Unit. He holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Toronto and a Master of Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business.