Catherine Touzard is a Hong Kong permanent resident, who grew up in France, and lived successively in Great-Britain, Germany, Taiwan and India before settling down in Hong Kong with her family 12 years ago.

Her background includes a doctorate in Economics (Paris I La Sorbonne), along with language studies in English, German and Chinese.

Her professional experience encompasses the following topics:

1. 1991-1998: country-risk analyst (including economic, politic and environmental risks), specialized on Asian countries, for Credit Lyonnais, Paris.
2. 1999-2007: journalism, including environmental journalism for magazines and TV documentaries, from Hong Kong, on local and foreign media.
3. 2003-2007: feasibility study, starting and coordination of a charitable environmental project linking renewable energy to poverty alleviation and health and sanitation improvement, in Northern Sichuan, for Veolia Fondation (voluntary basis).

Mother of four, Catherine has always tried to combine her environmental work with her family life. She aims at making her research and small discoveries of use for people who might be sharing the same path, work- and life-wise.

Catherine received the prize of Outstanding Earth Champion Award by the Earth Champion Foundation, in November 2008.

Read more on Inside DB, Change Maker, January 2009 article.