Christine Deschemin is a certified hypnotherapist and the founder of the Renewed Edge Hypnotherapy & Counselling Centre in Hong Kong and UpNow Health, a health tech platform aimed at bringing the benefits of self-hypnosis to the fingertips of anyone in need. After a career in aeronautical engineering and finance, she foresaw the increased need for solution-focused wellness and released the UpNow hypnosis app in 2020. The self-hypnosis downloads can be accessed online and offline and make access to mental health aids affordable.

In addition to her many scholastic achievements, Christine Deschemin has a Master of Science from the Ecole Polytechnique (France), an MBA from Harvard Business School and a hypnotherapy diploma from the Ecole Centrale d’Hypnose. She is fluent in four languages, including Mandarin.