
Charismatic executive with over 25 years of global experience across startups, corporates, and non-profit organizations, known for my exceptional communication skills, business development acumen, stakeholder relations outcomes and ability to navigate complex, ever-evolving technological landscapes. Catherine is very energetic, possesses a high degree of creative intelligence and excels at building and managing distributed teams and leads with curiosity, experimentation and authenticity. She is deeply committed to driving community engagement, planetary protection and social impact through her investments and board work at the Extreme Tech Challenges, Akazi Capital and other climate justice and arts focussed initiatives.
extremetechchallenge.org
fiba.basketball
linktr.ee
elcompanies.com
uwaterloo.ca
corbisimages.com
veer.com
akazi.capital
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
Board Member
Extreme Tech Challenge
• www.linkedin.com/company/extreme-tech-challenge
Mar 2021 - Present
Chief Executive Officer
Sovereign Nature Initiative
• www.linkedin.com/company/sovereign-nature-initiative
Aug 2021 - Jan 2025
Amsterdam / Lisbon
Advisory Board Member
Akazi Capital
• www.linkedin.com/company/akazicapital
May 2021 - Jul 2023
Chief Relationship Officer
Factory Berlin
• www.linkedin.com/company/factorynetwork
Oct 2017 - Aug 2021
Berlin Area, Germany
Advisory Council Member
World Frontiers Forum
• www.linkedin.com/company/world-frontiers-forum
Jun 2019 - Jan 2021
Cambridge, Ma & Berlin
Associate Director, Outreach & International Programs (Conrad School of Business & Entrepeneurship)
University of Waterloo
• www.linkedin.com/company/uwaterloo
Dec 2015 - Sep 2017
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada