[2] She moved with her family to live in Hong Kong at the age of eight, but later attended boarding school in England (Downe House).

She then became executive director of sales at Disney Media Distribution in the United Kingdom and Ireland, and then vice president of the same department, at which point her scope broadened to include Scandinavia, the Benelux, and Israel.

Several years later, Powell led the media distribution department for The Walt Disney Company in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

[citation needed] In June 2014, Powell left Europe to become managing director of the Walt Disney Company in Australia and New Zealand.

[citation needed] In April 2016, Catherine Powell was appointed president of the Euro Disney group, succeeding Tom Wolber in that role with effect from July 2016.