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Claudia Shaw-D'Auriol (Chinese name: 邵聖瑜) is a Hong Kong socialite and fashion industry personality. She serves as Chanel's fashion consultant and head buyer in Hong Kong.

Biography

Claudia is a member of the Run Run Shaw family, part of the fourth generation in the Shaw lineage, and belongs to the "Yu" (瑜) generation in the Shaw family genealogy. She is the granddaughter of Shaw Chun-ren and grandniece of entertainment mogul Run Run Shaw. Her ancestral roots trace back to Zhenhai, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province. She was born in Hong Kong. Her father was Raymond Shaw (邵維鈁) and her mother Traute Shaw (邵卓德), a white Austrian-British social activist in Hong Kong. Claudia is of Eurasian heritage, with cultural ties to mainland China, France, Austria, and Hong Kong. She is the third child in her family; her eldest brother Zau Tsoi Tak is an environmentalist in Hong Kong, and her younger brother Zau Tsoi Shun is an entrepreneur.

She studied art history at Bryn Mawr College, a women’s liberal arts college in the United States. After graduating, she returned to Hong Kong and worked under local designer Tang Shu-kwan. She then served as Public Relations Manager at the French luxury brand Cartier for three years. Following that, she became General Manager of Céline for another three years. Later, she joined French luxury brand Chanel, serving as a fashion consultant and head of the Hong Kong purchasing division.

She is the co-founder of Claudia & Dominica, a food and recipe project.

Claudia is married to French entrepreneur Guy D'Auriol. The couple has three children: daughter Anna, and sons Hugo and Thibault.

Selected Works

• Cookbook: *Too Delicious* (2008), co-authored with Yu Ha-ching (wife of Sir Ti-liang Yang), a bestseller upon release.