Catriona is the Director of Strategy and Development at the World Green Building Council. Her work is focused upon the strategic development and implementation of new global and regional projects and programmes for the World Green Building Council network, consisting of 70 national member councils, and their 36,000 members.
As part of this role Catriona manages WorldGBCs global programme on Resources & Circularity in the built environment, dedicated to enhancing resource efficiency and catalysing the circular economy within the building and construction sectors. Additionally, Catriona oversees the Better Places for People global project – dedicated to health, wellbeing and social value. This project aims to help the global Green Building Council network achieve a built environment that is healthy and sustainable for people and the planet, and is active in over thirty national Green Building Councils worldwide.
Catriona regularly speaks at high level events, industry conferences, and webinars, and serves on a number of expert Task Forces related to areas of sustainability, including health and wellbeing, sustainable infrastructure and the circular economy in the built environment.
Catriona has also authored a number of notable industry publications, including WorldGBC’s ‘Health & Wellbeing Framework’ in 2019, WorldGBC’s ‘Sustainable Buildings for Everyone, Everywhere’ strategy in 2020, the ‘Beyond Buildings’ report on sustainable infrastructure and ‘Beyond the Business Case’ reports in 2021 and most recently co-authored WorldGBC’s ‘Climate Change Resilience in the Built Environment’ guide.
Prior to joining the World Green Building Council in May 2018, Catriona worked in environmental consultancy with experience in energy modelling and strategy, urban masterplanning and sustainability and health-based certification standards. Catriona also previously trained and worked as a secondary school Geography teacher for two years (plus an experienced spin instructor). Her educational background consists of a degree from the University of St Andrews in Geography. Originally hailing from the west of Scotland, she is currently based in London, in the United Kingdom.
