Christian Emil Stoud Platou (18 April 1861 – 28 July 1923) was a Norwegian railroad director and politician for the Conservative Party.
He was born in Hamar as the son of banker Christian Fredrik Stoud Platou (1824–1883) and Elise Sem (1833–1923).
He worked two years as a law clerk in Mandal, but then spent the rest of his career in the Norwegian State Railways.
Making his way up from secretary to the board, he became assistant to the director of traffic in 1903, acting director of traffic in 1907, manager of the Main Line from 1910 to 1912 and acting director-general of the State Railways from 1912 to March 1919.
[1] He was also a board member of O. Mustad & Søn, the Schou Brewery, and Christiania Sparebank.