Our Team

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.

Nicola is Deputy Head of the Retail Investing Program, 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.

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.

Hanish is an analyst in the 1in1000 team, where he is working as part of the team developing a European climate risk profiles database of SMEs.

Previously, Hanish worked in a sustainability-focused think tank in New Delhi, India. In his role, he managed and fundraised for global events in collaboration with multiple stakeholders on varied sustainability topics. Hanish also has experience in corporate communications and worked in Singapore for a public relations agency where he was managing technology (B2B & B2C) and consumer clients.

Hanish holds an MSc in International Sustainability Management from ESCP and a Bachelor's in Business Administration from Singapore Management University.

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.

Jacob joined 2DII's Berlin team in June 2020, where he is focusing on developing the climate stress test methodology and implementing it for various stakeholders.

Before joining 2DII, Jacob led the data team at the Berlin startup Civey, specializing in representative web surveys. There, he developed the theoretical outlines of the main product and the technical MVP in R and later managed additional data products, such as target group analyses and the recommender system.

Jacob holds an M.Sc. in Economics from Freie Universität Berlin.

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.

Hélène is the Managing Director of 2DII 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

Gabrielle is director of 2DII's French entity and UK office, in addition to overseeing administrative matters, grants, and financials for the organization.

Prior to joining 2DII, 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.

Edgi De Los Santos Jiménez is Deputy Director of Emerging Markets, leading the implementation of 2DII'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.

Yoni manages HR and administrative responsibilities from the Paris office and supports the 2DII global network.

Prior to joining, Yoni served 7 years as both Office Manager and Senior Recruitment Consultant for an International Executive Search Agency in Life Sciences. He has helped customers around the globe and placed over 90 senior Executives across five continents. He also used his deep understanding of multicultural organizations to support the construction of international teams both internally and for clients.

Yoni holds a Master in American Studies from the Paris Sorbonne University as well as a BSc. in Finance and Management from the CNAM-INTEC.

Samia Baadj is a Manager at 2DII, 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 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.

Riwan is an analyst in the Paris office, where he engages in research and consultancy work regarding climate scenario alignment and climate-related risks. He also conducts research on how to channel retail investment towards the financing of the ecological transition.

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, as an apprentice for the French Ministry of the Economy, and as a consultant on environmental crime for the World Bank. He is very interested in addressing systemic barriers to the ecological transition and is contributing to civil society organisations advocating for a renewed and sustainable economy.

Souad is the manager of the Impact Program. Based in Paris, she coordinates the program's projects, which aim to assist financial institutions in designing scientifically sound climate strategies that contribute to the Paris Agreement goals.

Prior to joining 2DII, Souad worked in the fintech industry as a senior software engineer. She developed accelerated market access gateways for the main EU and US financial markets. She also worked as a researcher at the Computer Architecture & Parallel System lab at the University of Delaware, focusing on new paradigms for parallel computing.

Souad holds a PhD in High Performance Computing from the University of Versailles, and an advanced master in International Energy Management from Mines-Paristech.

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.

Fred is Senior Communications Officer at 2DII, where he mainly works on the Retail Investing Program.

Prior to joining 2DII, Fred was a journalist (offline, then online) and spent four years doing research on social stratification and comparative sociology at Observatoire Sociologique du Changement (Sciences Po Paris - CNRS), before starting a 20-year freelance journey in information architecture, content strategy, and web design.

He holds an MBA (Sciences Po Paris, 2002), degrees in philosophy and economics from the University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne, and a DEA (postgraduate diploma) in Sociology from the University of Paris X Nanterre.

Thierry is an analyst in 2DII's Paris office. He works on retail investing projects in the French market (qualitative and quantitative surveys, mystery shopping, and more).

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

Léonie works as Project Manager Emerging Markets for the Paris office team. She is French and German, based in Santiago de Chile, where she is in charge of promoting the integration of climate change considerations by partners in emerging markets. She also supports the adaptation of tools and frameworks to specificities of these markets.

Prior to joining 2DII, Léonie worked as an independent Sustainable Finance Consultant for European and Latin American clients. Before that, she worked as a Strategy and Sustainability Consultant at INDEFI, a consulting company for the asset management industry and as a CSR Officer for the French Ministry for Environment.

She graduated from the Freie Universität Berlin and Sciences Po Paris and holds a Master’s in environmental policy with a specialization in project management.