Our Team

Hélène is the Managing Director of 2° Investing Initiative France. First woman heading 2DII France, Hélène has 15 years of experience in the financial industry and regulation. She has expertise in international risk management, European decision-making mechanisms and in the emerging strategic issues for the financial sector.

Nicola is Head of Retail Investing, leading the operational management of the research stream. The stream comprises four working streams including research activities, policy engagement, product development and communications campaigns.

Prior to his role at 2DII, Nicola worked as a sustainability consultant and analyst at sustainable natives eG. His projects focused on sustainability strategy and management, performance analysis and communication campaigns. He was lead of the Sustainable Finance Unit and product manager of a sustainability assessment method with which he performed over 150 company analyses.

Nicola holds an M.A. in International Politics, Administration and International Relations from Zeppelin University, where he specialized in different interfaces of sustainable development. He also completed a bachelor’s degree in International Economics and Development at the University of Bayreuth.

Samia Baadj is Head of Nature Finance at 2° Investing Initiative. She leads the research related to the mobilisation of the finance sector in favour of the conservation and restoration of biodiversity.

Before being appointed as Head of Nature Finance, Samia was acting as Senior Manager for the Retail Investing Program. She carried out projects on preventing greenwashing, improving the assessment of sustainability preferences of investors and improving climate reporting.
Prior to joining 2DII, Samia was a Manager for Deloitte, working on regulatory matters for the financial sector. Before that she was a compliance analyst for Natixis Investment Managers in Luxembourg.

Samia obtained the French lawyer diploma (CAPA) in 2013 and also holds a diploma of legal and economic translator from ISIT School.

She speaks French, English and Spanish and is based in the Paris office.

David Cooke serves as Law and Policy Lead at 2° Investing Initiative and joined in 2019. His work involves legal analysis of the developing sustainable finance rulebook, engaging with policymakers, financial regulators and supervisors, and monitoring and coordinating 2° Investing Initiative’s input to sustainable finance policy initiatives globally (with a particular emphasis on the EU).

He previously worked as a lawyer at ClientEarth in the UK focusing on the application of corporate and financial law to climate change and broader environmental, social and governance issues. While there he engaged with financial regulators, supervisory authorities and government departments to increase regulatory oversight of climate-related financial risk and helped draft recommendations on regulator implementation of a sustainability disclosure framework for the Green Finance Taskforce report to the UK Government: Accelerating Green Finance.

As well as legal qualifications, David holds a BSc Physics and Philosophy from the University of Bristol and a MSc Sustainable Development from the University of Surrey.

Thierry is a project manager at 2° Investing Initiative's Paris office.

He works on the retail investing stream in French and European markets and manages qualitative and quantitative studies but also mystery shopping visits in those territories.

Prior to joining 2DII in 2019, Thierry worked as a digital project manager in the cultural sector. He holds a Master’s in Marketing Communications from Paris XIII.

Carole joined 2° Investing Initiative in October 2022. She manages the financial and administrative aspects of the organization.

Prior to being part of 2DII's team, she worked as a Financial & Administrative Manager within a start-up in the digital sector. She started as an Office Assistant in London and by learning on the job could go up the ladder to where she is today. After 4 years in London she came back to Paris in 2017.

She has a Master in European and International law.

She studied Economics for her Bachelor’s and graduated successfully. In the wake of her bachelor's degree, she began to work at the Pension Monitoring Center (PMC), which was authorized by the Finance and Treasury Ministry to solely supervise the private pension system in Turkey. During her four years of experience at the PMC, she was closely engaged with the regulation of the private pension system from legislative and financial perspectives to monitor the effective functioning of the system.

In order to acquire deeper academic knowledge in Economics, she began her master’s studies at Université Paris-1 Panthéon Sorbonne and obtained strong qualitative and quantitative skills with advanced economics courses. Along with her supervisor as the co-author, her fisrt-year of Master's dissertation is currently under publication, which is based on Ramsey-Cass-Koopmans growth model aiming to ensure optimal profit-making with the firm’s responsible investment.

She also interned at the Climate Finance and Policy Analysis Unit at the United Nations (UNFCCC) with research and data analysis and gained hands-on experience at COP26.

Currently, at the 2° Investing Initiative, she has taken a role at the Impact Stream as well as Emerging Markets Stream as a Senior Analyst.

Ana Rivera is a Data Analyst at 2° Investing Initiative France. She holds a B.A. and an M.A. in Economics from the National University of Colombia, as well as an M.Sc. in Public Policy and Development at the Paris School of Economics. Previously, she worked as a policy analyst at the Directorate for Public Governance, and as a policy intern in the Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development – OECD.

Ana also worked as economist of the minister’s office at the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Tourism and economist in the Directorate of Economics Studies at the National Planning Department, and as a research data analyst for Paris School of Economics and The National University of Colombia.

Noémie is a PhD researcher, working on French and European policy regulation across 2DII's different programs.

She is currently doing a PhD on climate finance and law, co-financed by 2DII and Institut Louis Bachelier. Noémie holds a master’s degree in tax and public finance and studied environnmental law in Québec.

Over the last fifteen years, Javier has worked as an (EU) Bid and Project/Contract Manager for several research organisations, predominantly in the UK. He has been involved in both pre-and and post-award stages, including identification of calls, project management, monitoring, and reporting in R&D projects.

He has also volunteered as a bid writer and administrator for several NGOs working on human rights, water supply and sanitation, and education.

Laëtitia has joined the 2° Investing Initiative team as Senior Communication Manager. Before that, she worked in major companies in the corporate and financial communication department at AXA, L'Oréal, and Air Liquide, focusing on shareholder relations for over 10 years.

She also worked for public and semi-public organizations on economic diplomacy between France and the African continent, involving French Ministery for Europe and Foreign Affairs and French Parliament Members.

She graduated from Institut Supérieur de Gestion Paris (ISG) and held a Master's degree from Saint John's University (New York City, USA) and Sophia University (Tokyo, Japan).

After completing a first Master's in International Business Law from Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Max joined the International Business Law and Governance Master's within the framework of the Alliance Program between Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Sciences Po Paris and Columbia University.

With a great interest in ESG, energy and finance, Max joined 2° Investing Initiative as an analyst intern.

Mickaël is Head of the Retail Investor research program, which investigates the preferences and beliefs of retail investors about green financial products and the supply of those products by the financial industry.

Mickaël is an economist with an expertise on matters at the crossroads with psychology and finance. That includes behavioral economics and finance, happiness economics and sustainable finance. He transmits his expertise through award-winning books, lectures in business schools, trainings for professionals and conferences. He is the founder of the Institut de l’Economie du Bonheur in Paris.

Mickaël holds a Master of Science in Management from ESSEC Business School, a Master of Science in Applied Economics from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and a PhD in Economics from La Sorbonne University.

Edgi De Los Santos Jiménez is Director of Emerging Markets, leading the implementation of 2° Investing Initiative's research programs across emerging markets. She is Dominican and Belgian and is based in New York City. She oversees the expansion of 2DII’s work in emerging markets, ensuring that financial actors continue to integrate climate change considerations into their activities, with a special focus on portfolio analysis.

Previously, Edgi held various positions in the international financial sector – New York City, London and Brussels – in areas such as wealth management, portfolio rebalancing and UHNW client relationship. Through her work experience, she became convinced that the financial sector could be a main driver of change and contributor to the world’s most pressing issues. Given this, a few years ago she decided to make a career transition and started working in impact investments and in the ESG/sustainability field.

Edgi graduated from London School of Economics with a MSc in Finance and from Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management with a MSc in Microfinance. She passed CFA’s level I examination and is currently pursuing the CFA’s ESG Certificate.

Damo is Senior Strategic Advisor based in New York and contributes to the structure and content of policy briefs, positioning with key external stakeholders on new research projects and fundraising, as well as refining the sustainable finance practice on climate and bio-diversity risk issues. He is a career banker with senior experience in credit rating, development, investment, and commercial banking in emerging as well as developed markets. He has extensively worked with Fortune 500 multinationals in North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific across multiple industry sectors. He was previously Head of Corporate Coverage (& Interim CEO) Americas for ANZ Bank and has since worked as external expert for World Resources Institute, Washington DC on global banking research project on Paris Alignment; other NGOs on accelerating adaptation and mitigation financing under the NDCs; supported the Cambridge Climate Repair Center, UK to develop corporate partnerships for greenhouse gas removal initiatives; and advised several new start-ups in the past few years.

Damo holds law and commerce honors bachelor degrees from the University of Delhi and master's in financial management from Durham University Business School, UK. He has received executive management education in Global Financial Systems at the JFK School of Government, Harvard University, as well as in Sustainable Finance from the University of Cambridge. He has Series 7, 63 securities licenses from FINRA US and Sustainability & Climate Risk certification from GARP Risk Institute in the US.