Beginning her career with a Fortune 500 US hydrocarbons company in Algeria, Celine subsequently served as Executive Director for an African nation’s national park system, and then worked for a Swiss-based bank on corporate and client development before moving on to a US corporate governance research firm. In Colombia, she transitioned to a series of consultancies with the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service (FCS), researching intellectual property rights, pharmaceutical and medical companies operating in this emerging market.
Celine began her career with a Fortune 500 US hydrocarbons company in Algiers, where she joined her former husband at his first overseas post. Celine subsequently served as Executive Director for an African nation’s national park system, and then worked for a Swiss-based bank on corporate and client development before moving on to a US corporate governance research firm. In Colombia, she transitioned to a series of consultancies with the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service (FCS). Celine’s long interest in corporate social responsibility and sustainability issues led her to Paris where she completed the coursework for a master’s degree in Corporate Social Responsibility Management. In Mexico, she then conducted gap analysis audits, guiding internal sustainability teams of multinational manufacturing companies into compliance with international standards. Celine currently writes reports, and other communication materials for international development practitioners and the public in humanitarian assistance.
Her Master in Advanced Studies (MAS) complements her undergraduate studies at University Paris IV-Sorbonne, a MBA and professional development at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota, Colombia. Celine moved back to Washington, DC in 2016.Celine’s long interest in corporate social responsibility and sustainability issues led her to Paris where she completed the coursework for a master’s degree in Corporate Social Responsibility Management. She then conducted gap analysis audits in Mexico, guiding internal sustainability teams of multinational manufacturing companies into compliance with the international standard ISO26000. Celine currently writes trilingual success stories, reports, and other communication materials for international development practitioners and the public for the Global Disaster Preparedness Center (GDPC), a joint initiative between the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and The American Red Cross Headquarter.
Her Master in Advanced Studies (MAS) complements her undergraduate studies at University Paris IV-Sorbonne, a MBA and professional development at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogota, Colombia. Celine moved back to Washington, DC, in 2016.