More than an expatriate, a voluntary uprooted person. Catherine Cuillerier’s journey began far from home: in Toulouse where, as a student at Insa, she was preparing to become a biochemistry engineer. But after two years of integrated prep, the Châteauroux native changed direction.
During a round table, she hears the testimony of a woman in civil engineering. “It radically changed my choice of direction,” she relates. Her new objective: to lead major international projects. She quickly achieved this. After a brief stint in the Paris region, she left for Turkmenistan, followed by Moscow, then London. Having become responsible for international projects, still for Bouygues Construction, she “travels the world to supervise extremely different projects.”
Then comes the desire “to settle down, start a family and have a unique basis for life,” says the 48-year-old woman. It will be in Casablanca. Seven years of radiating, from Morocco, towards Africa and the Middle East. Then Cuba, for more than four years. “There, Covid called into question our expatriation, says Catherine Cuillerier. The containment measures were close to those in China, which made us reconsider certain things.”
After seventeen years abroad, return to France. “It’s a real challenge, a lot of things have changed, you feel like an expatriate in your own country.” The engineer joined Bouygues Energie et Services two days before the acquisition of Equans from Engie, where she became technical director. From building to energy. A new excursion, while waiting for an opportunity. “We are ready to pack our bags again, it will come back one day or another.”
The work that characterizes her
The Sagrada Familia, in Barcelona, by the Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí
“It is an extremely ingenious, offbeat, brilliant monument in terms of construction and still unfinished.”
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