Céline Charveriat is a civil society leader with 25 years’ experience in the field of sustainability and systemic change. She started her career as a researcher at the Peterson Institute and the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington D.C., worked for 15 years at Oxfam International as an advocate and campaigner, and then was executive director of the Institute of European Environmental Policy (IEEP) until 2022. She is currently vice chair of the European Commission’s high-level expert group Economic and Social Impacts of Innovation and Research (ESIR) and a curatorial member of JRC’s Art Sciences project Naturarchy. She is also a professor at Sciences-Po Paris and on the advisory board of Climate Catalyst. She is also a coach and mentor, supporting professional women in leadership positions in her field.