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

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.

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 a Senior Manager at 2° Investing Initiative, based in the Paris office. Samia focuses on research linked to 2DII's Retail Investing Program, notably responsible marketing and the suitability assessment. She also manages projects related to climate transparency such as the International Climate Reporting Awards.

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 (French, English, and Spanish).

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.

Riwan is a Senior Economist at 2° Investing Initiative. He specializes in systemic and sectoral approaches of sustainable finance. He currently works on the financing of adaptation and physical risks induced by climate change in developing countries, and on the financing of the transition of the building sector in France. He also engages in developing new research projects as part of research consortiums, especially on biodiversity finance. He also has an expertise on the decarbonization of the industry.

Riwan holds a Master's in International Affairs & International Economics (Sciences Po Lyon, University Paris-Dauphine) and in Management (ESSEC Business School). Previously, he worked in international development at the French Ministry of the Economy and as a consultant on environmental crime for the World Bank. He likes integrating economic thinking within broader reflections on social and natural dynamics. He is contributing to civil society organisations advocating for a renewed and sustainable economy. He is interested in heterodox economics, especially post-growth economics.

Riwan has published several reports, pieces of opinion and a chapter in a collective book, and regularly speaks at public events.

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.

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.

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, and 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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

Dr. Lea Maria Siering joined the organization as Chief Executive Officer on October 1st, 2022. Lea previously served as Chief Risk Officer at German fintech finleap connect, where she worked on issues of open banking and banking transparency. Lea fulfils a range of functions in the area of fintech, banking transparency, and financial disruption, including as member of the Digital Finance Forum of the German Finance Ministry, Board Member of the European Fintech Association, and Lead Working Group Member “Fintechs and Digital Banking” of the German Digital Association Bitkom. Lea’s background will strengthen our strategic focus on bringing technology and finance together in the service of a public good.

Jakob Thomae is one of the leading global experts on sustainable finance and long-term risks, and entrepreneur with a track record of incubating commercial and non-commercial sustainability solutions. He co-founded the 2° Investing Initiative entities in New York and Berlin and serves as Executive Director of 2° Investing Initiative Deutschland. His book "Der Kill Score: Auf der Spur unseres ökologischen und sozialen Fußabdruck" will be published on October 19th by Klett-Cotta.

Over the past 10 years, Jakob has led the development of a range of sustainability solutions, with a focus on designing business models for both public and commercial goods. Jakob led the incubation of PACTA, the first methodology and tool to measure the alignment of financial portfolios with climate goals, and today the most widely used alignment methodology in the world. He led the negotations of the PACTA transfer to RMI in 2022. Jakob also co-led as Managing Director of 2DII the incubation of AssetResolution, now a commercial data company. Current ventures include MyFairMoney, 1in1000, and TransitionMonitor, as well as a venture on climate-related SME data.

Jakob is Special Research Fellow to the Japanese Financial Services Agency, and previously served as Academic Advisor to the Bank of England and EIOPA. He holds a PhD in Finance from the Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers. Jakob is also Senior Fellow at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, where he teaches a Green Finance course.

Anne Schönauer joined the 2° Investing Initiative in 2020. She is Deputy Research Head of the 1in1000 Program, which aims to develop evidence, design tools, and build capacity to help financial institutions and supervisors mitigate and adapt to future risks and challenges. Prior to joining 2° Investing Initiative, Anne worked as a research assistant at SOAS University of London in the area of decarbonising monetary policy. She also gained experience in the public sector, with experience at the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the German international development agency, as well as at a public sector consultancy and an economic research institute. Anne holds a MSc. in International Finance and Development from SOAS University of London, where she specialised in sustainable finance and monetary policy. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and Economics from the University of Bayreuth.

Moritz is Senior Advisor in the Berlin office, supporting the development of climate-stress tests as part of the 1in1000 team. He is currently a DPhil student at the University of Oxford under the direction of Dr Ben Caldecott of the Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme, researching the impact of climate-related transition and physical risk on the financial system. His research focuses on climate stress-testing and the integration of scenario and financial analysis to assess the impact of systemic climate risks on financial stability and the feedback effects to the real economy. Further, the focus lies on deriving sensitive intervention points for financial policies and assessing the implications for central banks and financial regulators.

Before this, Moritz was involved in the project FRANTIC ‘Financial Risk and the Impact of Climate Change’ in cooperation with the Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership and the Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance. He previously worked for the European Central Bank in topics related to Sustainable Finance. His role included supporting the ECB coordination with the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) and supporting the development of a dynamic banking model.

Moritz is also a co-Founder of PRJCT Studio, an art gallery and platform that focuses on solution-orientated approaches, that combine art with a social dimension, to support projects and artists that have a positive impact on society and the environment.

Prior to this, Moritz worked as a Research Associate at the Ecological Economics Institute at WU in Vienna on sustainable finance and political economy issues as part of the project ‘MISTRA Financial System’ funded by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research.

Moritz holds an MPhil in Environmental Policy from the University of Cambridge (Distinction), a B.Sc. in Economics from the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Vienna.

Jakub is a product owner working in the 1in1000 program, with a special focus on stress testing. Prior to 2DII, Jakub worked as Financial Risk and Sustainability Consultant in Deloitte focusing on developing credit risk and market risk models as well as advising banks on their sustainability strategy.

Jakub also brings in experience from the European Central Bank where he worked in macroprudential stress testing modelling, investigating the feedback loop between the euro area banking sector and the real economy.

Jakub holds an MSc in Economics and International Financial Economics from the University of Warwick, where he specialized in monetary economics and applied macroeconomics. He holds a BSc in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the same university.

Linda joined 2DII's 1in1000 Program in Berlin as a junior analyst in January 2022. She holds a BSc. in Life Sciences Engineering from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland.

During her studies, she joined the Zero Emissions Group (ZEG), a student association that works on multiple projects aimed at finding solutions against climate change.

Frederick joined in February 2020 and works as an analyst and scientific advisor in the Berlin office. His principal focus lies in the field of climate stress testing. In cooperation with data providers and financial institutions, he is responsible for the methodological and practical development of climate stress test models, especially in the context of physical risk. In addition, Frederick is leading the data analysis on climate alignment and sustainability aspects of portfolios on the platform MyFairMoney.

Frederick holds a bachelor’s degree in economics with a minor in politics from Zeppelin University, where he specialised in environmental economics and climate policy as well as data science. He is currently pursuing a MSc in Climate Change, Management and Finance at Imperial College London.

Mirja is 2DII's lead data scientist, working on the development of stress testing tools and on applying natural language processing techniques in developing a European climate risk profiles database of SMEs.

Before joining 2DII, Mirja worked as Statistical Software Developer at the Berlin startup Civey, where she build scalable survey data products.

Mirja holds an M.Sc. in Human Factors from Berlin Institute of Technology.

Matthias is a project manager in the 1in1000 Program, which focuses on integrating long-term risk into financial markets and supervisory practices.

Prior to joining 2DII, Matthias worked in the treasury department in a FinTech bank in Berlin. In his role, he implemented the first capital market transaction structure, led the selection and first investment into sustainable finance products and supervised the bank’s cryptocurrency trading scheme as a certified stock exchange trader. Matthias then joined a trading platform for reforestation projects and carbon certificates based in Lisbon, where he led the implementation of the user facing platform from design to launch.

Matthias holds a Master’s in Economics from Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn.

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 2DII 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.

Yahsmin Malik is Investor Relations Manager in the 1in1000 Research Program. Her work focuses on fostering and promoting sustainability goals in equity capital markets. Previously, Yahsmin worked in investment banking with a focus on equity, as well as corporate and advisory investor relations. Yahsmin graduated in Business Administration and Marketing from City University, London.

Tilman Trompke joined 2DII's 1in1000 Program as an analyst in July 2021. Prior to joining, Tilman worked at a German development agency (GIZ) and as a research assistant at an economic research group. He further brings experience in the public sector through his work at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and at a public sector consulting firm.

Tilman holds an MSc. in Economics from the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), where he focused on development economics. He also holds a BSc. in Economics from Humboldt University in Berlin.

Antonio joined 2DII as an analyst in September 2022. He works as part of the stress testing team in the 1in1000 program. Previously, he worked as a climate impact analyst for the Frankfurt based Climate tech “right.”, where he focused on the Paris agreement alignment and climate impact of individual companies and portfolios to different climate change scenarios. Before that, Antonio worked as a research assistant in the area of corporate liability.
Antonio holds a MSc in Economics and Business Administration with a major in Finance from the Norwegian School of Economics and a BSC in Business Administration from the University of Hamburg.

Before joining 2DII, Franziska was a consultant at the OECD working on topics related to sustainable development financing and philanthropic funding for development. She also served a traineeship in the Data Centre of the Business Cycle Analysis Division at the European Central Bank.
She holds a Master of Public Policy from Sciences Po Paris and Hertie School of Governance and a Bachelor's in Philosophy & Economics from the University of Bayreuth.

Before joining the team at 2DII, Kalash worked at MSCI Inc as a Data Scientist where his areas of focus were the ITR methodology, target credibility framework, and conducting a comprehensive comparison between MSCI and SBTi's Temperature scores. Kalash holds a master’s degree (MSc.) in Management & Engineering focused on Data Science, Data Analytics, and Machine Learning from RWTH Aachen. During his studies, he got the opportunity at WZL to work on the latent space of Autoencoders. He also gained experience in the Data Science domain through past work experiences at CRIF and FarEye, working on Roboadvisory, ESG analysis, and credit risk analysis.