Christiaan has been working as a trainer, mediator and team coach since 2006. He mainly works in organizations and groups where people deal with conflict and complexity. 

Untill 2008 Christiaan worked as part of a large local goverment. His main focus has been facilitating projects that needed input and support from a variety of civilian, political and organizational stakeholders. Since 2006 he has been training in Nonviolent Commmunication, being certified by the international Center for Nonviolent Communication in 2015. He has worked with teams in banks, educational institutions, hospitals and large corporations, and his current priorities are with training and coaching people in not-for-profit organisations.

Christiaan holds 2 Master’s degrees (History and Buddhist Studies) and is currently involved in training to work with people with trauma.