Catie is an experienced European affairs specialist with a proven track record in business networking and in building, launching and developing new ventures simultaneously in several countries.
As President of Generation Europe Foundation, which she established in 1995, she has been the driving force behind the creation of the Generation Europe European awareness campaigns, which are now running in 26 countries. She has also helped develop the Generation Europe online community, which consists of 5,000 19 -29 year olds in 45 countries.
Prior to this she created and ran a multinational in the field of multilingual document production and software localization and took it (Lexitech Inc) onto the New York Stock Exchange in 1986 (Nasdaq). She was a Consultant for Eurexpansion (Expansion, Dow Jones and Handelsblatt) at Europe Information Service and thereafter was the International Director and Board Member of the "Club de Bruxelles", a leading European think-tank.
An accomplished public speaker, Catie has received "best practice" status from the European Commission for non-propaganda publishing activities (DG Education and Culture) and an Oscar for the Best Performing Service Company from the European Service Industries Forum.