Christine Amour-Levar is a French-Swiss-Filipina Philanthropist, Record-Breaking Adventurer, Best-Selling Author and Human Rights & Sustainability Advisor. She started her professional journey at Nike working across the world and went on to build a global career as a marketing & communications expert and social entrepreneur intent on solving some of the world's most pressing issues.
A passionate champion of female empowerment and environmental conservation, Christine founded not one, but two award-winning non-profit organisations, Women on a Mission (WOAM) and HER Planet Earth, to bridge these two passions. HER Planet Earth's primary objective is to raise awareness and funds for underprivileged women affected by climate change, while WOAM aims to empower women who have been subjected to violence and abuse. Both organisations take all-female teams on pioneering expeditions, as a way to support worthy causes. These challenging expeditions involve trekking across remote and untouched places around the world, from the Arctic Circle to Antarctica, from mountains in the Himalayas, to deserts in the Middle East and Africa.
A passionate champion of female empowerment and environmental conservation, Christine founded not one, but two award-winning non-profit organisations, Women on a Mission (WOAM) and HER Planet Earth, to bridge these two passions. HER Planet Earth's primary objective is to raise awareness and funds for underprivileged women affected by climate change, while WOAM aims to empower women who have been subjected to violence and abuse. Both organisations take all-female teams on pioneering expeditions, as a way to support worthy causes. These challenging expeditions involve trekking across remote and untouched places around the world, from the Arctic Circle to Antarctica, from mountains in the Himalayas, to deserts in the Middle East and Africa.
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Some Milestones
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Today, Christine runs her own consultancy business helping clients define their purpose, develop their marketing, communications, CSR and sustainability strategies. She is also a Board Member and Advisor to several purpose-led organisations in the Social Impact and Sustainability spaces, with a particular focus on Climate Tech, Impact Investing and Cellular Agriculture.
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Career Highlights
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Awards & Recognition
- GGEF Eco Game Changer Award 2022 - Outstanding Achiever - Food and Clean Water Tech Category
- UN Women UK Delegate to the Commission on the Status of Women 2021 & 2022
- Certificate of Appreciation - President's Volunteerism Philanthropy Awards 2020 - from Mdm Halimah Yacob, President of the Republic of Singapore, for Efforts during the COVID-19 Pandemic to build a Singapore that Cares
- Gender Equality Impact Changemaker Award 2020 - awarded by United Women Singapore
- Kindness & Leadership Southeast Asia Leading Lights 2020 - awarded by Women of the Future
- Tatler Asia's Most Influential - The Impact List 2020
- Golden Door Non-Fiction Essay Award & REX Karmaveer Medal 2020
- 100 Most Influential Filipina Women in the World Award™ 2016
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Talks & Mentoring Programmes
Watch Christine's interview on Credit Suisse's The Game Changers, her marketing work with Google in Decoding Decisions and her TED Talk on 'How Dreams and Ideas Can Reshape the World.' For those in Singapore, sign up to volunteer with WOAM's Big Sister Programme in support of Pertapis Centre for Women & Girls, or with Brilliant Buddies, Christine's newest mentoring programme, for people with mental health issues and disabilities.
Ultimately, closest to Christine’s heart is her advocacy work for vulnerable groups and the environment, and she considers herself fortunate to have found creative ways to impact the world in a positive manner. Christine grew up between Manila, Paris and Tokyo, and is currently based in Singapore, where she lives with her husband and four children.
