An Enseeiht engineer, a graduate of the Institut Polytechnique de Toulouse, Catherine Lambert (F) completed her studies with management training at the Toulouse Business school. Head of the "technical animation and preparation for the future" department at the Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES), in October 2013 she took over the management of the CERFACS. She actively contributes to the better positioning of women in business and in research and for this reason, she created a branch of WIA (Women in Aerospace Europe) in Toulouse.