Hélène Chartier

Hélène Chartier is the Director of Urban Planning and Design at C40 Cities. She supports cities to accelerate sustainable and resilient urban planning policies and design practices. Her team especially leads the C40 Land Use Planning Network, the Green and Thriving Neighbourhoods programme that supports cities to turn the 15-minute City concept into reality, and Reinventing Cities, a series of competitions delivering decarbonised and resilient urban regeneration projects in cities around the world. Hélène previously served as an advisor to the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo. She also worked for the Paris Urbanism Agency and the global consulting firm Arup. Hélène holds a master’s degree in science and engineering from the École Centrale with a specialisation in environment and construction. In the past 15 years, Hélène has lived and worked in Paris, London and New York.