Christina’s interdisciplinary framework and career spans academia, cultural advocacy, business consultancy, and venture capital advisory. She holds an MA, MPhil, and DPhil in Philosophy, alongside professional qualifications in investment management (IMC), a BVCA ESG Diploma, and WSET Levels 2 and 3 in wine. She is a member of the American Association of Wine Economists.
Her career in higher education included positions at several UK institutions, including the University of Sussex and City University London, where she held leadership roles responsible for research commercialisation initiatives such as government-backed innovation funding (HEIF) to translate research and intellectual property into practical applications that have social and commercial impact. She managed public-private partnerships and blended finance models for the creative industries and established an innovation arm to take business school research-driven solutions to market.
As an investment advisor, Christina works with family offices and entrepreneurs on investment strategies in sectors such as renewable energy, clean tech, hospitality, and luxury. She has held leadership roles in embedding Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles into investment strategies for a number of VC funds, ensuring alignment with sustainable and responsible practices. She also invests in early-stage companies integrating innovation into sustainable methodologies; her portfolio includes a contrarian boutique fund and an AI-driven data centre energy efficiency firm.
Having lived in three countries, Christina brings an international perspective to her projects, enabling her to connect with a diverse range of audiences. She is an experienced communicator, delivering lectures to investment professionals, luxury audiences, hospitality clients, and cultural connoisseurs. Christina writes for publications, including Apollo, The Art Newspaper, World of Fine Wine, and Sotheby’s. She is the author of Aesthetic Dining: The Art Restaurant Around the World (2021) and recently completed her second book, The Art Vineyard, which explores the relationship between wine and art (expected 2025).
Christina is deeply involved in the arts as a collector, philanthropist, and patron. She sits on the Design Museum fundraising committee, advises The Residency, a network that funds artist residencies, is a patron of the Royal Academy, and former trustee of SITE Gallery. Recently, she began a campaign to recognise restaurants as cultural spaces, with London as the pilot.
