Profile
30+ years of expertise – a vast experience in educating and advising leaders from around the world, including heads of state.
Christiaan Alting von Geusau
LAW AND LEADERSHIP
Christiaan worked as an attorney at international law firms Houthoff in Amsterdam and AKD in Brussels (1996-2004), then in Vienna first as General Counsel & Chief Development Officer (2004-2014) and subsequently as President and Rector (2014-2023) of ITI Catholic University. During his 20 years’ tenure, he brought the university from a near-bankrupt institution in 2003 to a thriving and financially healthy institution by 2023, raising over 30m Euros in additional income, building and relocating to a new campus and launching programs that continue to substantially grow the student body today.
POLITICS AND EDUCATION
Christiaan in 2010 founded and is President & CEO of ICLN gemeinnützige GmbH, a non-profit, non-partisan organisation with offices in Europe, the US and Africa. The ICLN educates and connects legislators globally. In 2013 he also founded the private high school Schola Thomas Morus, where he serves as Chairman of the Board. In 2022 Alting von Geusau launched the Fellowship of Young Christian Global Leaders to educate the next generation for principled leadership. Wishing to serve his country, he is a reservist in the Royal Netherlands Navy.
ACADEMIC CAREER
Von Geusau obtained master’s degrees at Leiden University in The Netherlands and then at the University of Heidelberg in Germany, subsequently with distinction earning his doctorate in legal philosophy at the University of Vienna, Austria. He is a tenured professor of law and education at ITI Catholic University (Austria) and holds an honorary professorship at the law faculty of San Ignacio de Loyola University (Peru). He speaks and publishes internationally and loves teaching the young.
Christiaan Alting von Geusau speaks Dutch, English, German, French and Spanish and has lived and worked in The Netherlands, the United States, Germany, Austria, Belgium and France. He is the recipient of various high state honours.
"Our work of peace must begin within the private world of each one of us. To build for man a world without fear, we must be without fear. To build a world of justice, we must be just. And how can we fight for liberty if we are not free in our own minds?"
Dag Hammarskjöld
Secretary-General of the United Nations 1953-1961