Our Team

Jakob Thomä is Managing Director of the 2° Investing Initiative. He co-founded the 2° Investing network in New York and Berlin and manages the think tank’s research on 2°C scenario analysis for financial institutions and companies.

Jakob led the development of the first 2°C scenario analysis tool for financial portfolios, which is now applied by more than 250 financial institutions worldwide. In addition, he leads the organisation’s partnerships with a number of financial supervisors and governments, including as academic adviser to the Bank of England 2017-2018. He holds a PhD in Finance from the Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers in Paris. Jakob also teaches a green finance course at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.

Constanze joined the 2°ii in September 2018. She is working from the Berlin office.

Constanze works on data infrastructure and processing at 2°ii, supporting the engineering team. She is also involved in the retail investor project, contributing to the platform database, data analysis and visualization.

Prior to joining the 2°ii, Constanze served in the data department of Scout24 and worked as a journalist.

Constanze holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Humboldt University in Berlin.

Andreas joined 2°ii in October 2019. Based in the Berlin office, he coordinates portfolio analysis work across several projects. He is also working on automization of the PACTA toolset.

Before joining 2°ii, Andreas worked as a researcher on mass scale solar cell fabrication at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, where he developed a massive open online course for the University of Freiburg. In cooperation with the company SunBrush, he developed a cloud-based analysis tool for heat images of solar power plants and he worked as a scientific consultant for a German MP.

Andreas studied Mathematics (Bac.) and Physics (Diplom) at the University of Freiburg (Germany) and Granada (Spain). He holds a PhD (Hons) in Micro-Systems Engineering. In addition to his technical education, Andreas studied Design Thinking at the d-school of the HPI Potsdam.

Klaus joined 2°ii in February 2016 and is working from the Berlin office. He is overseeing the development of the website platform for the retail investor project, including elements such as metric development and data preparation. Additionally, he is coordinating 2°ii’s contributions to the FinanceMap project and technical implementation of the target setting module, as well as supporting other projects such as PACTA methodology for corporate lending.

Prior to joining the 2°ii, Klaus served as solar cell and module researcher at Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems and Bosch Solar Energy.

Klaus holds a master’s degree in Renewable Energy Management from Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg and a bachelor’s degree in physics from RWTH Aachen.

Jackson is working on the prototype phase of the climate scenario analysis of banks’ corporate lending portfolios. He joined 2°ii in June 2019 and is working from the Berlin office. Prior to joining 2°ii, Jackson served as a researcher in Cosmology at the University of Toronto. He holds a BSc. in Physics from McGill University.

Vincent Jerosch-Herold joined 2°ii in March 2019. He is working from the Berlin office as an analyst.

Prior to joining the 2°ii, Vincent work as a sustainability intern at Bank J. Safra Sarasin and as a research intern at DIW, Berlin in the Department of Energy, Transportation, and the Environment.

Vincent holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Global Economics from Jacobs University.

Daan joined the 2°ii team in September 2018. His main field of research is on asset level emission models for the carbon intense sectors.

Prior to joining 2°ii, Daan worked as a data analyst at a big data and analytics company. He holds a master’s degree in applied mathematics from the Delft University of Technology, including a mobility programme at the ETH Zürich, as well as a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.

Mauro implements software solutions to help researchers work in an efficient, transparent, and reproducible way. He often contributes as a developer or teacher to popular open software projects or communities (https://maurolepore.github.io/).

Prior to joining 2°ii in July 2019, Mauro served as a software developer for ForestGEO, based at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.

He holds a PhD in ecology, conservation biology and geochemistry from The University of Queensland, Australia, and a Licentiate degree from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Nicola joined 2°ii in October 2019. He is responsable for a retail investor project to empower citizens and financial institutions with the right tools to incorporate non-financial preferences in their investments.

In addition to his role at 2°ii, Nicola also works as an independent sustainability consultant and analyst. His focus points lie in the field of sustainability strategy, management and campaigning. Furthermore, he is Managing Director at Generation Why, a sustainability network for students and young professionals to achieve the SDGs.

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.

Clare joined 2°ii in February 2017, where she leads the development of portfolio scenario analysis and company reporting. This has ranged from automation of scenario reporting to the creation of our online platform for scenario analysis.

Prior to joining 2°ii, Clare worked in Chile conducting applied research into the incorporation of solar thermal energy into industrial processes with Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy in Germany and Chile. Prior to that, she worked as a mechanical engineer for Mining Development in Australia.

Clare holds a Master of Science in Renewable Energy Management from the University of Freiburg, Germany and a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) from the University of Queensland, Australia.

Pranav joined 2°ii in August 2018. He specializes in software development with R and he is responsible for the product development (shiny web apps and interactive reports) for various projects.
Prior to joining 2°ii, he worked at Bosch IoT Campus and Rolls Royce Deutschland. He is also an active Kaggler.

Pranav holds a master’s degree in Business Intelligence and Process Management from the Berlin School of Economics and Law with a focus on machine learning.

Fiona joined 2°ii in 2019 and is working from the Paris office. She is providing support for the InvECAT project, which focuses on providing tools for the financial sector to implement and track climate actions toward the Paris Agreement. She is also involved with NCTIP, a project that aims to model technology investment pathways compatible with a 2°C target.

Prior to joining 2°ii, Fiona worked at the Mercator Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change in Berlin and the Institute for New Economic Thinking in Oxford as a student research assistant.

Fiona holds a master’s degree in Environmental Change and Management from the University of Oxford.

CJ Yetman joined in 2019 and works as a software developer, where he concentrates on developing interactive tools and data visualisations. His expertise includes development of R packages, interactive data visualisations, and data processing and management.

Before joining 2°ii, he worked as a Research Associate / Data Scientist for the Hertie School, where he developed automated processes for data collection and processing, developed interactive data visualisations and worked on data analyses for various research projects. CJ holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the Hertie School.

Stanislas Dupré founded the 2° Investing Initiative and now serves as its CEO.

Previously, Stanislas Dupré was executive director of the CSR consultancy Utopies, after initially working as a CSR consultant and R&D manager. He has been working on 2° investing topics since 2007, when he developed the first assessment methodology for the financed emissions of banks and diversified portfolios, for example for Caisse d’Epargne/Natixis, ADEME, WWF and Friends of the Earth. In 2010, he wrote a book about the role of financial institutions in financing the energy transition.

Stanislas is also a non-executive director of a green private equity fund, a lecturer at Paris-Dauphine University and a member of the expert committees of the NYSE-Euronext Low-Carbon Index and Novethic.

Alex joined 2°ii in November 2019 and is working as a data scientist in the New York office. Prior to joining 2°ii, he served as a Data Scientist for the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, and as a Data Engineer for a contractor to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Alex holds a B.S. in Physics from Purdue and is finishing a M.S. in Data Science from Indiana University in Spring 2020.

Evan is 2°ii’s Head of Data Engineering. His team is responsible for ensuring data quality and availability to everyone at 2°ii.

He joined 2°ii in April of 2019 and is based out of NYC.

Prior to joining 2°ii, Evan worked on improving customer experience for a major online brokerage firm. He also has extensive experience in data analytics across multiple industries.

Evan holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Columbia University.

Sarah joined 2°ii in December 2019 and works in the New York office. Sarah is focused on project management, impact and fundraising.

Prior to joining 2°ii, Sarah built programs in the US, Middle East and Africa with a focus on water access and environmental management. As a researcher with Ben-Gurion University, she identified the first known cases of electronic waste burning in the Middle East. While leading a water, sanitation and hygiene NGO, Sarah developed a mobile monitoring system to evaluate performance against key performance indicators. More recently, she consulted on blockchain and other innovative technology initiatives.

Sarah holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin and a Masters of Science in Water Management from McGill University.

Taylor is working from the New York office as a Data Engineer, where he oversees work on data infrastructure and engineering. He manages many of the data sources our research relies on, ensuring that they consolidated, cleaned, and readily available for our analysts to use.

Prior to joining the 2°ii, Taylor served as an engineer and consultant at MAQ Software designing business intelligence solutions.

Taylor holds a Bachelor’s in Applied Mathematics from the University of Washington.

Simon joined the 2°ii in September 2018 and is Director of its Paris and London offices. He is based in Paris and provides leadership and oversight to a range of technical and policy programs, as well as heading up the 2°ii corporate and investor engagement.

Prior to joining the 2°ii, Simon was the Managing Director of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board (CDSB) in London. Before that, he was Head of Consulting at the UK’s Energy Saving Trust, and a management / sustainability consultant for PwC and Deloitte.

Simon holds an MSc Ecological Economics (Distinction) and a BSc (Hons) Environmental Geoscience (First Class) from the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Gabrielle joined 2°ii in January 2018 and is based in the Paris office. She oversees all aspects of operations, grants management and financial reporting for the organization.

Prior to joining the 2°ii, Gabrielle served as loan officer for five years in an NGO, helping entrepreneurs to start small businesses. Gabrielle also worked on various projects at the UNESCO New York Office and the Positive Planet Tel Aviv office.

Gabrielle holds a Master in Sustainable Development and Microfinance from the Paris Dauphine University and the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management as well as a Research Master’s in environmental science from the University Paris VII.

David Cooke serves as a Policy Manager at 2° Investing Initiative and joined in 2019. His work involves monitoring and coordinating 2° Investing Initiative’s input to sustainable finance policy initiatives globally (with a particular emphasis on the EU Sustainable Finance Action Plan). He is a UK qualified lawyer, and previously worked at ClientEarth focusing on the application of corporate and financial law to climate change and broader environmental, social and governance issues. While there he engaged with UK and EU 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 comprehensive sustainability disclosure framework for the Green Finance Taskforce report to the UK Government: Accelerating Green Finance.
As well as being a qualified lawyer, David holds a BSc Physics and Philosophy from the University of Bristol and a MSc Sustainable Development from the University of Surrey.

Catherine joined 2°ii Paris in July 2019, where she leads communications strategy and implementation. Her work spans stakeholder engagement, narrative and messaging, media relations, writing, and thought leadership. Prior to joining 2°ii, she worked for communications and public affairs agencies in France and the United States, where she led campaigns for clients including UN agencies, international organizations, and governments. She has additional experience working in research, analysis, and competition law for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the US Federal Trade Commission.

Catherine holds an MA in International Public Management from Sciences Po Paris School of International Affairs and a BA in History and French from Trinity College.

Soline joined 2° Investing Initiative in September 2018 and is working from the Paris office. She co-developed 2°II's climate stress-testing methodology in 2019 and is now working on a research program aiming at developing a framework to measure the contribution of financial instruments and portfolios to the real economy.

Soline graduated from AgroParisTech and holds a master's degree in Environmental Economics and Macroeconomic Modelling from Université Paris Saclay.

Laura joined 2°ii in February 2016 and is working from the Paris office as Programme Manager, Emerging Markets. She coordinates projects in emerging markets that aim at providing scenario analysis tools and policy research to financial institutions, industry associations, supervisory authorities and governments. As part of this role, she is leading 2°ii’s outreach and project implementation in Latin America. In addition, Laura provides technical support in the development of ISO 14097, the new standard on financial institutions’ climate action impact.

Prior to joining 2°ii, Laura was Project Officer on Sustainability Reporting at the French Ministry of Environment, Energy and the Sea.

Laura holds a master’s degree in Economics and Finance from Tübingen University in Germany.

Pablo Felmer Roa joined 2°ii in April 2019 and is working as Senior Legal Analyst. He coordinates legal and regulatory analysis of the integration of climate-related considerations in finance, with a focus on retail investing, as well as providing general legal support across a variety of projects. He is an attorney admitted to practice in Spain.

Prior to joining 2°ii, Pablo was a lawyer at the Paris Bar with broad experience in international business law and litigation.

He holds a Master’s in Banking and Finance Law from the University of Paris Pantheon-Sorbonne, a Master’s in Business Law from the Barcelona Bar Association and a Diploma from the Institute of Political Studies of Paris (Sciences Po).

Thierry joined 2°ii in July 2019 and is based in the Paris office. He works on retail investing projects in the French market (qualitative and quantitative surveys, mystery shopping, and more).

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

Emmeline joined the 2°ii as a project manager in September 2018. She is working from the Paris office. She currently oversees InvECAT, an H2020 project focusing on providing the financial sector tools to implement and track climate actions toward the Paris Agreement. She also leads NCTIP, a Climate-KIC project that aims to model climate and technology investment pathways compatible with a 2°C target.

Prior to joining the 2° Investing Initiative, Emmeline worked in investor relations at Lyxor Asset Management in New York, focusing on hedge fund solutions. Before that, she was an analyst for low carbon and smart beta strategies at Amundi Asset Management in Paris.

Emmeline holds a master’s degree in Finance from NEOMA Business School in France.

Diego joined 2°ii in the Latin American team in January 2020. He is currently building the business strategy for Latin America.

Prior to joining the 2° Investing Initiative, Diego worked as a Climate Change and Energy Policy consultant in Peru, Ecuador and Chile, developing studies related to carbon tax, electric mobility, CDM markets and NDC implementation.

Diego holds a bachelors in Environmental Engineering and a masters in Economy.

George joined 2°ii in October 2019, where he is working on PACTA for corporate lending and metrics-related projects.

Prior to joining 2°ii, George interned at a sustainability consultancy, where he worked on their offerings around the TCFD.

George holds an MSc in Climate Change, Management, and Finance from Imperial College Business School and a BSc in Environmental Geoscience from the University of Bristol.

Florence joined 2°ii in June 2018, where she is working with major leading banks to road-test our scenario analysis methodology for corporate lending.

Prior to joining, Florence served as environmental affairs officer in politics and industry.

Florence holds a master’s degree from Sciences Po Paris, a diploma in Economics and Financial Engineering from Paris-Dauphine University and a MSc in Climate Change and Finance from Imperial College London.