Christopher is currently Adjunct Professor at Swinburne University having held the substantive position as Professor of International Business at the Faculty of Business and Enterprise at Swinburne University in Melbourne since 2004. He is also Visiting Professor/External Assessor at UCSI University in Malaysia, University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, and Adamson University in the Philippines. He is a Malaysian by birth, educated in Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand. His previous academic appointments have been at RMIT University as Director of the MBA Programmes, at Massey University in New Zealand, the University of Brunei Darussalam and Deakin University in Melbourne. In the years of service at universities in Asia, New Zealand and Australia he has held senior levels of appointment. In these institutions, he has been involved in policy decisions at the university, faculty and school levels.