Graduate of HEC in 1988, Elisabeth spent several years in strategic planning at two advertising agencies before creating Utopies in 1993. Ever since, she has been recognized as one of the European experts in sustainable development, has received the Veuve Clicquot Prize for Businesswomen of the Year 2008, and was made Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur that same year. She is author of the bestseller “Green Enterprise” and of several other books. She sits on the Board of Directors of Nature & Découvertes, Rabot Dutilleul and several other NGOs and foundations (including Unis-Cités and the Tour du Valat Foundation).