Christopher Balian Email & Phone Number

Montreal, QC, CA

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

SELECTED EXPERIENCECorporate Venture Capital Fund Design- Phase 1: Supported the client in aligning design elements across the fund’s structure, governance, organizational design, people and talent, and technology and data; this was followed by the development of a prioritized roadmap of initiatives to stand up the fund- Phase 2: Led the implementation of.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

- Oversaw all business operations of the largest four-day Model United Nations Conference in Canada with over 1600 university attendees.- Served on the Board of Directors of IRSAM Inc., a federally incorporated NGO with special consultative status at the United Nations representing a collective budget of more than $500’000.- Directly led a team of thirteen.

Montreal, Canada Area

- Code and maintain an Excel Macro Toolkit in VBA for Head Office and Aerospace employees to automate time-consuming Excel operations.- Restructured Bombardier Aerospace’s quarterly reporting process as well as wrote formalized procedure and training documentation used by all company physical sites – the new process has saved the consolidation on average.

In my third year as a camp instructor at the reputed Vanier Super Camp, I specialized as a Math Instructor. This meant that I would teach children aged from 5 to 14 years old mathematics skills and lessons during the summer months. This is a specifically demanding task because I had to pass on and teach mathematics during the months where the children were.

Spending a full work day taking care of a group of 10 to 20 children, this job has developed my communication and leadership skills due to my position as a role model for children rather than just an instructor that looks after them. Please note that employment period was from June to August of each respective year (i.e. 2013 & 2014).

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Major In Finance, Minor In Computer Science

Diploma Of College Studies (Dec), Pure And Applied Sciences

Activities and Societies: Member of Marianopolis Model United Nations 2013-2015; Fundraising Executive of Marianopolis Model United.