After obtaining her degree in Biology and a PhD in Biochemistry in 1994, Christine joined the pharmaceutical industry. In Clinical Research she initially monitored clinical studies at Pharmacia & Upjohn based in Erlangen and later at Merz + Co. in Frankfurt. From 1998 to 2001 she developed and headed the Quality Assurance Department at Merz + Co. In 2000 she completed her "Master of Research Quality Assurance" at Anglia Polytechnic University in Cambridge. Since April 2001 Christine works for Sanofi-Aventis in Paris and Bridgewater, NJ / USA, where she oversees Clinical Operations for the Neurology group. In 2003, Christine obtained her MBA at ISM in Paris and St. John's University in New York.