Texas-based Entrepreneur Announced as North American Laureate at Cartier Women's Initiative Awards 2017

Cartier today announced American entrepreneur, Katie Anderson, as the 2017 Cartier Women’s Initiative Awards North America laureate. Katie received her award at the programme’s annual ceremony, held in Singapore for the very first time.

Katie Anderson is on a mission to save water and launched a business retrofitting kitchen and bathroom fixtures in multi-family properties which is helping to save 30 million gallons of water a month.

Cyrille Vigneron and Ilian Mihov announced six laureates selected by an independent international jury amongst nearly 1900 applicants from over 120 countries.

In addition to receiving a year of personalised mentoring, valuable media visibility and expanding networking opportunities, each 2017 laureate will be granted a place on an INSEAD Executive Program (ISEP). This year, the prize money awarded to each laureate’s business has been increased five-fold from US$ 20,000 to US$ 100,000 in recognition of their contribution to finding innovative solutions for a sustainable future.

For more information please contact Holly Flaum on holly.flaum@tvcgroup.com or call +4420 7380 8000.