Bio

1. Christian Routin is a Transformational Speaker, Consultant, Trainer, Facilitator,
Executive Coach
In Cross Cultural, Soft Skills, Happiness.
Specialized in Vietnamese Culture and currently based in his native Vietnam.
Christian has 30 years of practical international experience among which 11 years in
Vietnam, gained by living and working with multicultural and multilingual teams
across 11 countries.
V-Star Building, Apt. A5-08, Phu Thuan St., D7, HCMC, Vietnam
Mob: + 84 (0)79 77 23 009
christian.routin@gmail.com
Skype: powerboosters
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/christianroutin
Christian was born in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) and lived 21 years in Vietnam, 19 years in Saigon and 2 years in Hanoi. He
is mixed French, Vietnamese and Italian and is fluent in Vietnamese, English, French, Italian and German.
He grew up in Saigon in a Vietnamese cultural environment until 9 and then moved to France. Once in France he lived with
his Vietnamese family and kept on practicing Vietnamese. He has a double culture: French and Vietnamese.
Christian has 30 years of working experience in 3 fields:
- 5 years: Business Management: He co-created and co-managed 2 companies in The Netherlands and in Germany in
the textile retail and e-commerce.
- 5 years: Hospitality Industry: He worked for companies such as Club Med, Hilton Hotels, Eiffel Tower, Sodhexo and
diving resorts in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, The Maldives, Thailand and Malaysia with international teams and
using up to 5 languages. Position occupied: Tour Leader, Tour Guide, Commercial Host, Scuba Diving Instructor,
Diving Center Manager.
- 20 years: Education: Teacher, Tutor, Instructor, Trainer, Coach for a multi-cultural and multi-lingual public, from
children up to adult in French, English, Economics, Scuba diving, Soft Skills, Intercultural in 12 countries.
In 1991-92, after achieving 2 Master Diplomas in Business Administration and Political Science in Paris, Christian worked in
Hanoi as a Linguistic Attaché for the French Embassy. He lectured French for different Universities and Managed training
programs for 4 provinces of North Vietnam.
Back in Vietnam in 2009, Christian first worked as an English and French (IDECAF) teacher/tutor before becoming
recruitment Senior Manager for Navigos Group, managing a team of 8; one his major task was to manage, build, coach and
develop the soft skills of his Vietnamese team.
In 2010, he was teaching Business and Corporate English for a bank and 2 private language and Business schools and
started to work with the corporate sector as a freelancer but also with training companies in Vietnam, consulting in HR,

2. training, recruitment, designing and implementing corporate trainings. In May 2011 he was appointed by the CEO of the
French company Officience, one of his former clients, at the position of Interim Head of Business Unit, managing a team of
27 Vietnamese/expats staff and Managers.
He is a Senior cross cultural trainer and coach for 18 renowned international Cross Cultural training and relocation
companies:
- Dwellworks (Dean Foster Associates)
- IOR Global Services
- Crown
- BGRS (Brookfield)
- Cultural Awareness International
- Cartus
- Santa Fe
- Learnlight (Communicaid)
- Global LT
- ICUnet.AG
- Resident Vietnam
- Global Training Partners
- Intercultural Competence
- Worldtraderesource
- Worldwideconnect
- Relocation Vietnam
- Trans Cultural Group
- Global Connection
Soft Skills, Corporate English Trainer and Coach for 8 international companies: Towers Watson, ITD, Edith Punt
Consultancy, Asia Resource Network, NGG Consulting, Asia Leap, VP Consulting, Hemsley-Fraser and Speak-First.
And +10 partners in Soft skills:
International: Helmsley-Fraser, NGG Consulting, Speak-First, Asia Leap...
Local: French Chamber of Comm. in Vietnam, CTS, MekongTrain, SRI, Mindwork, Brainwork, Pans expert, Leaders create
Leaders...
He was Honorary Principal for U.K. Academy, an international private school belonging to Nguyen Hoang Group.
Certifications:
• He is a Dwellworks, IOR, Cartus, Cultural Awareness International and Prudential Cross Cultural Certified Trainer
(Adult and Youth)
• Johnson&Johnson certified facilitator for the company’s Leadership Development Program
• Honorary Principal of UK Academy, a private international school network based in Vietnam
• Train the trainer

3. Awards:
• Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam: Best Speaker. The topic of the presentation was "Why is it difficult to
work with Vietnamese?”
• 8 From Cartus: Cross Cultural Trainer Certificate of Excellence 2013, Service Achievement Award 2015, Regional
Collaborator Award 2016, Service Excellence Award 2016/2017/2018, Intercultural Collaborator Award 2017/2018
• From Dean Fosters Associates (Dwellworks): Best Supplier of the Year 2016 nominee
Hobbies:
• Acting for TV commercial, TV series in Vietnamese
• Photo Modeling for press advertising
• MC for international events in 3 languages: English, French and Vietnamese (All three at the same time if
requested)
• TV host for Vietnamese TV programs, in Vietnamese
• Translator/Booth interpreter
His area of competence lies in 5 different fields:
1/ Workshops:
- Cross cultural:
• On Vietnamese Culture
• On Vietnamese-Western Cultures
• On Vietnamese-Other Cultures
For Westerners only or for Westerners and Vietnamese in the same workshop
- Leadership development
- Team conflicts resolution
- Employees engagement, motivation
- Corporate Culture
- Working environment
- Team building/development
- Team building event/activities
- Emotional intelligence
- “The Happiness Workshop: 10 truths of lasting Happiness”. A transformational workshop to be aware of The 10
truths and to apply them daily to be happy permanently in our personal and professional life.

4. 2/ Cross Cultural:
- Communication, Leadership, Working Culture, Team Development: Vietnam, Western Cultures, France.
3/ Soft Skills:
- Time Management - Delegation Skills - Presentation skills
- Team building - Coaching techniques - Customer care
- Resolving conflict
Christian can custom design and teach a course of soft skills that suits the needs of the customer
4/ Consulting, Coaching
- Leadership, Team building, Team conflict
- Training, Recruitment and Consulting for companies
- Cross cultural: Leadership, Team development and Communication
- Working Culture, Corporate Culture
- Working environment, employee’s retention/motivation
5/ Sales
- Collaboration within Teams - Effective sales meeting with customers
- Customers-focused sales perception - Looking for new customers
- Managing customer’s resistance - Maximization of customer potential
- Moments of truth (in the sale process) - Negotiation
- Proactive Approach - Proactive performance management
6/ Languages:
- Business English Teaching. “Business English Writing” Training program.
- Business French Teaching.

5. - Interpretation: French, English
- Translation: Vietnamese, French, English, Italian
7/ MC and Speaker:
- MC in 3 languages: English, French, Vietnamese, simultaneously if requested.
Size of audience: experience with audience of up to 2000 people. Vietnamese and international.
- Speaker: different subjects (cross cultural, business, spirituality, happiness, stress Management) in 3 languages.
List of companies trained:
Samsung - ThyssenKrupp - Mercedes Benz - Bayer - Kimberly-Clark - Starbucks - Mastercard - Microsoft - Coca-Cola -
PepsiCo - General Motors - Ford - General Electric - Visa - Monsanto- Johnson&Johnson - Boeing - Price Waterhouse
Coopers - Honeywell - Baker&McKenzie - L’Oreal - GAP - Novartis - Glaxo Smith and Kline - Brooks - Nike - Unilever - 3M -
Procter and Gamble - Standard Chartered Bank - Deutsche Bank - Moet Hennessy - Mitsui - Sumitomo - Merck - Heineken
- Bouygues - Total Vietnam - Exxon-Mobil - Bosch - Chevron - Repsol - Pfizer - Sanofi - Santen - Vertex - Ipsen - Akzo Nobel -
Astra Zeneca - Bouygues - Cargill - Danone - Siemens - ANZ Bank- Prudential - Metlife - Sunlife - Colgate-Palmolive -
Friesland Campina - Nestle - Tetra Pak - Novo Nordisk - Vietcombank- Holcim - Kone - Abbotts - AIA - Danone - Adeo -
RMIT University - Amway - Target - Fonterra - Friesland Campina - Henkel - Li-Fung - AbbVie - Cedo - Shark Ninja -
International Office of Migration - UTC - Pratt & Whitney - JTI - Babcock & Wilcox - CBRE Ellis - Saint-Gobain - PVH - Brooks
- Schaeffler - Molex - ON semiconductor - DSM - ED&F MAN - Perfetti Van Melle - Federal - Mogul - Hella - DeLaval -
Henkel - USG Boral - International SOS - Petro Vietnam - Terumo BCT - URC - INSEE- Coach Inc - Freshfields Bruckhaus
Deringer - Baxter - Avery Dennison - Fashion Garment Ltd – Golden Gate - RMIT University - Wall Street English - Dole -
First Solar - Covestro - Santen - Novellus - MSIG - Allergan - Asian Commercial Bank (ACB) - Sacombank - TUV Rheinland
Vietnam - Navigos Group - French Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam - Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia - Singapore
Power - Central Bank of the Philippines - Hilti - Premier Oil - ICP Vietnam - Groz-Beckert - ZIM Integrated Shipping Services
- Saigontourist - Petronas Carigali - Takeda Sdn Bhd - Sapura Kencana - Thailine Resources - Hess Oil - IndoTrans Logistics -
SME Bank - Murphy Sarawak Oil Corp - BC Petrochemical - Hill&Associates - Lanxess Butyl - Epcos - Temasek Polytechnic -
Coland Holdings - Vallianz Holdings - Swiber - Logwin Air Ocean - M+W - Maybank - Officience - Kantarmedia TNS - Vien
Phat - Carigali-PTT - IndoTrans Logistics - Talisman Energy - Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Ltd - Singapore
Technologies Kinetics Ltd - Unicorn International Pte Ltd - Singapour City Development - Temasek Polytechnic - Buss Global
- Singapore Sports Council - Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas - Tenaga Ntl Bhd - JX Nippon Oil &Gas Exploration - PT Paiton
Energy

6. Coaching experience
- Navigos Group:
A team of 8 Vietnamese Recruitment Consultants and Senior Consultants: Team building, Leadership, Soft Skills, Business
English.
- Kantarmedia TNS:
The whole Management (Senior and Middle Vietnamese Managers): Team Conflict Resolution and Performance
Management.
- Officience:
The whole Management (Senior and Middle Vietnamese Managers: Team Conflict Resolution. The whole Business Unit (27
Vietnamese, foreigner staff and Middle Managers): Team building, Leadership, Soft Skills.
- Unilever, P&G, Heineken, Colgate-Palmolive, MSD, Standard Chartered Bank, Avery Dennison, etc…:
Foreign Senior Managers/Country Head/Directors/GM/CM/CFO/MD: Cross Cultural Communication and Management,
Recruitment.
- Individuals:
For Professional and non-professional individual coaching: how to cope with a major transition in an organization, skills
development, change period in one’s life.
Leadership, Cross Cultural Leadership, Team building, Presentation skills, Life coaching.
- Hilton Hotel, Club Med, SCUBA Diving Resorts:
SCUBA Divers, Divemasters and Instructors: diving, Divemaster and Instructor skills, techniques, duties.
REFERENCES
(More are available on demand)
Cross Cultural Training, Coaching, Consulting
Cartus: - Dana B. Director Asia Pacific
IOR Global Services: - Charisse K. Director Intercult. Train. & Devpt
CROWN Relocations: - Shaila G. Intercultural Services Manager - Asia

7. Cultural Awareness Int.: - Catalina S. Global Assignment Coordinator
Brookfield: - Emma D. Intercultural Prog. Manager
Standard Chartered Bank: - Madhavi D. Head Banking Operations Vietnam
Visa: - Sean P. Country Manager Vietnam
ED&F MAN: - Fred D. HR Director Asia Pacific
Terumon BCT - Neil M. Vice-Pdt Manufacturing (East. Hemisphere)
Soft Skills, English, French Training/Coaching/Management
OFFICIENCE
Mr HA DUONG Duc, CEO
duc.haduong@officience.com
www.officience.com
Business English Writing training
SRI Consulting Asia-Resource Network
Mr Nguyen Duy Minh, Director Ross Mohlawi, CEO
minh@sri.vn ross@asia-resource.net
Soft Skills
Asia-Resource Network
Ross Mohlawi, CEO ross@asia-resource.net
Cross Cultural training
Cartus Intercultural & Language Solutions
Diane Mullen, Manager, Intercultural Academy
Diane.Mullen@cartus.com

8. SAMPLE OF TESTIMONIALS
More are available on my LinkedIn profile.
Consulting, Training and Coaching:
- “I happen to meet Christian during a one on one intercultural training he took me on behalf of crown
relocations. The exercise was a whole day affair but it looked so short to me as he made every minute of the
training very interesting. I was longing to learn more. He combines his rich cultural background of being a half
Vietnamese half European to bring to bear in his trainings...and been a widely travelled person, he has go so much
experience up his sleeve which made him link his training to real life experience. I will recommend Christian any
time any day...he is a great guy...a training expert par excellence.” January 20, 2013
Top qualities: Personable, Expert, On Time
Kayode R. Temenu, Plant Manager, Personal Care Factory at Unilever Nigeria PLC, Lagos, Nigeria
Hired Christian as a Cross Cultural Consultant, Trainer, Coach in 2013
- "Christian represents a rare blend of talents, experience and personal background. Coming from a multicultural
background in a mixed family, born in Vietnam, educated in France and his work experience both in Europe and
Asia make him an excellent partner for me in the roll-out of cross cultural assignments in Asia. He is a pleasant
colleague that challenges my ideas and sharpens my mind and makes me laugh. I feel lucky Christian crossed my
path and enjoy working with him." January 20, 2013
Top Qualities: Personable, High Integrity, Creative
Edith Punt, HR Inversion Strategist
Hired Christian as a Business Consultant in 2012
- “I highly recommend Christian as a cross-cultural training consultant in Vietnam. He recently worked with us on a
very important engagement and thanks to his expertise and creativity the program was a tremendous success. He
truly is a 'global leader' and is very skilled at training local and expat teams on how to work effectively on
multicultural teams. We look forward to working closely with Christian on future projects.” January 14, 2013
Top Qualities: Great Results, Expert, Creative
Dana Breitenstein, Director, Asia Pacific Cartus Intercultural & Language Solutions
Hired Christian as a Cross Cultural Consultant, Trainer, Coach in 2011
- “I have used Christian's services for my cultural training in Vietnam. Christian has quickly identified my needs and
adapted the coaching sessions accordingly. I really appreciated that Christian has given flexibility in the program
for a better result. Christian has demonstrated strong knowledge of the subject, joining practical experience to
theoretical concepts. Christian has also demonstrated very strong coaching skills. I would highly recommend
Christian as a coach.” January 9, 2012
Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, Creative
Frederic Dura, HR Director, STANDARD CHARTERED BANK Vietnam
Hired Christian as a Cross Cultural Consultant, Trainer, Coach in 2011

9. - “Christian is a much focused, professional, knowledgeable person with deep and detailed knowledge about
several cultures. His trainings are very informative; examples are practical and well thought through, the same are
his reflection of his interpersonal skills and communication skills. Christian has ably shared his experience through
his cross cultural trainings, and hence one such person I would recommend to be a cross cultural trainer.”
November 9, 2011
Top qualities: Expert, On Time, Creative
DIANA NABUKENYA, Regional Sales Manager, UNILEVER Vietnam
Hired Christian as a Cross Cultural Trainer, Coach in 2011
- “Dear Christian,
I hope that you are doing well.
This email is to thank you for successful deliveries of the four Cross Cultural Workshops for Premier Oil in Vietnam.
Especially the second one, I got good feedbacks from participants and a very important and great one is from our
Business Unit Manager, Mr. Phil MacLaurin. He is totally satisfied with all information and cases for discussion
within the one-day workshop and not any negative comment. Once again I would like to express my appreciation
and great thanks to you. Kind regards.”
Nguyen Thao Nguyen, HR Learning & Development, PREMIER OIL Vietnam
Hired Christian as a Cross Cultural Trainer in March 27-28 and April 2-3, 2013
Training, Workshop, Coaching:
- “We need more Christians in this world...” September 15, 2011
Top qualities: Personable, Expert, High Integrity
Duc HA DUONG, CEO, OFFICIENCE Vietnam
Hired Christian as a Soft Skills, Team Building, English, French Trainer, Facilitator, Coach and B.U. Director in 2011
Management, Training, Coaching:
- “I worked with Mr. Christian over 6 months. I found that he was great guy to work with. He is supportive, good
leadership & management.” October 10, 2011
Tracy Tran
Executive Search Business Development Director, Le and Associates Vietnam
Reported to Christian at Navigos Group as a Senior Consultant
- “Christian is an excellent performer. He has expertise in HR consulting, very well in training & coaching people.
He's a great leader of the team. A result oriented professional who gives his team space & freedom to work.”
October 1, 2011
Hong Nguyen
Recruitment Manager, Nestle Vietnam Reported to Christian at Navigos Group as a Senior Consultant