Christian Hurst

Christian Hurst is a music, audio, entertainment and technology professional based in Toronto. He is driven by connection, collaboration and affection for chaos, and has been working across creative, business and technical roles for more than 30 years. Christian co-founded Interleave in 2018 and has acted as Managing Director for more than eight years now, contributing to more than 200 projects for clients such as Sony, 2K, Riot, Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, Tencent, ArenaNet, Capcom, Marvel, Disney, Netflix, Krafton and many more. He began his career as a storyteller, songwriter and musician, studied jazz composition and performance on guitar, vocals and sax at Humber, won the Sennheiser Award for excellence in audio engineering at Trebas. Christian has contributed to a diverse array of music, audio, technology and IP development related initiatives in a broad range of roles since then. He is also a frequent speaker and presenter as well as an advisor to music, media and tech companies, and a partner and producer on many innovative music, audio, tech and cultural projects.