Dr. iur. Thomas Christ (born 1953) is presently the Managing Director of DHL Logistics in Switzerland. He was born in Zurich, studied History of Art and Law at the University of Basel and concluded his academic education with a PhD in fundamental copyright questions in the film industry.

After various jobs at the Supreme Court in Basel and UBS Switzerland he started an international career in the world of global transportation. He became CEO of Goth & Co. AG, Switzerland in 1984, was CEO of Panalpina (France) S.A. from 1990 to 1998 where he managed a critical French turnaround situation, and finally joined the DHL (former Danzas) group in 1999. During his activities in the environment of international trading he spent various years of his business life in New York, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Paris and Milan and is now based in Basel.

Besides sporadic publications and lectures on professional topics in the field of Cargo and Data Management he remained interested in specific themes and aspects of art and wrote various books on historical and contemporary topics. Among publications on the New York Subway Graffity Scene as well as on Drawings of Keith Haring, Wiese and Schwabe Verlag in Basel edited illustrated publications on ‘The Castles of the Ile de France’ (1994), ‘The Socialist Realism – Views and considerations on Socialist Realism in the Sowjet Era’ (1999) and ‘Wladimir Lebedew and the Russian Avantgarde’ (2004).

Thomas Christ is a father of 4 children, lives in Basel and besides other local activities enjoys his membership in the Board of the Foundation for the Museum of History of Basel.