Christian Stahl is a Partner and Co-Head of the Media team. He is also a member of the Executive Committee. He is based in New York, having moved there from the Munich office. Christian originally joined Apax Partners in 1999 in London, then moved to Munich and specialises in the media space. Christian has led and participated in a number of key deals including SouFun, Bankrate, Cengage Learning, Tommy Hilfiger, CME and Truvo. He currently serves as board member to Apax portfolio companies PVH/Tommy Hilfiger, Cengage Learning, Nelson Education, HIT Entertainment and Bankrate. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Christian was a consultant with Bain & Company where he specialised in advising clients in the media sector. Christian holds an MBA with Distinction from INSEAD and a BA (Hons) of Business Administration and a Diplom Kaufman degree from the European Partnership of Business Schools.