Christian Baudis

Christian Baudis is a digital entrepreneur, futurist, and former Managing Director of Google Germany, specialising in digital transformation, emerging technologies, and sustainable innovation. He founded My Digital, a digital innovation and consulting firm that guides companies, start-ups, and investors through strategic digital transformation across three distinct business areas, and established the GreenTech venture Vivablu.org to support sustainable technology start-ups across Europe. With over 20 years leading major European media and internet organisations, including doubling Google Germany's revenues annually and building Tremor Video into a global market leader, he equips audiences with actionable strategies to navigate digital disruption, harness future technologies, and build resilient, forward-thinking organisations.

During his tenure leading Google Germany from 2006 to 2008, Christian Baudis doubled the company's revenues and profits annually whilst introducing major product releases across German-speaking markets, establishing a track record in scaling digital operations that would define his entrepreneurial career. That experience at the forefront of the search engine revolution became the foundation for a two-decade journey building, transforming, and advising some of Europe's most ambitious digital ventures. From founding Tremor Video in 2008 and growing it into the worldwide market leader in online video advertising, to building three European country organisations for AOL subsidiaries from scratch and relaunching the AOL brand across the continent, he has repeatedly demonstrated an ability to identify emerging opportunities and execute at scale.

Christian's expertise spans the full spectrum of digital transformation, combining operational leadership with strategic foresight. He founded My Digital, a digital innovation and consulting firm operating across three distinct business areas: My Digital Business serves companies and organisations navigating transformation, My Digital Start-Up supports entrepreneurs and investors, and My Digital Future focuses on consumer innovations. His commitment to sustainable technology led him to establish Vivablu.org in 2010, a GreenTech venture investing in early-stage, innovative, green, and sustainable technology start-ups across Europe. Before his time at Google, he held senior leadership roles including Executive Chairman of teleshopping channel HSE24 AG and Managing Director of sales and marketing at ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG. Educated in International Management at Luigi Bocconi University in Milan and Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, where he now serves as a member of the Board of Trustees and Advisory Member of the Goethe Business School, he speaks five languages fluently and has been recognised multiple times amongst Germany's leading internet and media managers.

Christian equips audiences with practical frameworks for understanding and responding to digital disruption, emerging technologies, and the intersection of innovation with sustainability. His keynotes translate complex technological shifts into actionable strategies that leaders can implement immediately, whether navigating artificial intelligence, understanding the metaverse, exploring robotics, or building resilient organisations for an uncertain future. Drawing on real-world experience founding ventures, scaling multinational operations, and advising international investors and corporates on digital strategy, he delivers insights grounded in both success and the realities of transformation. Audiences leave his sessions with clarity on how to future-proof their organisations, harness new technologies for competitive advantage, and lead confidently through periods of rapid change.