Christian von Baumbach

About Christian

Christian von Baumbach is a mediator and a communication consultant with a focused area on International and Intercultural Mediation for families, teams and organisations.

Christian has undergone Japanese regional studies in Bonn and Tokyo; and worked for 6 years in Japan, as a translator and as an employee of Komatsu Ltd.

As a trained Cross-Border Family Mediator, Christian has conducted various mediation trainings and workshops in Berlin, Vilnius and at the University of Osaka. His training also includes training mediators on how to conduct mediation online.

As an independent lecturer Christian teaches mediation and intercultural communication at various Universities like HAW Hamburg and EURO-FH in Germany and Osaka University in Japan.

Christian has been mediating since 2016 and firmly believes in mediation as an effective way to solve international disputes and to foster international cooperation.  He is very happy to have joined PracticeForte Advisory in its mission toward “Building Peace, Building Expertise.”

Mediator & Trainer Certifications

Mediator

German Association of Family Mediation
Federal Mediation Association of Germany
Japan International Mediation Center, Kyoto, Japan

Cross-Border Family Mediation

Mikk e.V. International Mediation Center for Family Conflict and Child Abduction

Train the Trainer

Chamber of Industry and Commerce Berlin

Independent Lecturer

Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW): Intercultural Communication and Competence

Euro-FH University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg: Communication, Mediation and Counselling

Osaka University: Cross-Border Family Mediation and Introduction to Mediation

Mikk e.V.:  Cross Border Family Mediation and Online Mediation

Heidelberg University:  Intercultural Mediation

Languages

German

Native or bilingual proficiency

English

Full professional proficiency

Japanese

Full professional proficiency