Meet our Experts

Learn about the EDHEC researchers and academics who are at the forefront of climate finance research and its applications.

Rob Arnold
Position: EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute Sustainability Research Director
Discipline: Climate Finance
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Rob Arnold is Sustainability Research Director at EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute where he is leading in the creation of a new body of knowledge on climate alignment and resilience in different

Frédéric Blanc-Brude
Position: EDHEC Infra and Private Assets Research Institute Director and CEO (Scientific Infra and Private Assets Ltd)
Discipline: Finance
Faculty: Data Science, Economics & Finance
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Frédéric Blanc-Brude joined EDHEC in 2012 after 10 years of private sector experience in the infrastructure finance field, and direct involvement in more than USD6bn of transactions.

Vincent Bouchet
Position: Scientific Portfolio (an EDHEC Venture) ESG Director
Discipline: Finance
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Vincent Bouchet is Scientific Portfolio’s Director of ESG and Climate research.

Frédéric Ducoulombier
Position: EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute Director
Discipline: Finance
Faculty: Data Science, Economics & Finance
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Frédéric Ducoulombier is the founding director of EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute, managing the Institute’s research strategy and business development.

Teodor Dyakov
Position: Associate Professor,

EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute Affiliate Member

Discipline: Finance
Faculty: Data Science, Economics & Finance
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Teodor Dyakov received his PhD in Finance from Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University in 2014.

Gianfranco Gianfrate
Position: Professor,

EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute Research Director

Discipline: Finance
Faculty: Data Science, Economics & Finance
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Gianfranco Gianfrate is Research Director of the EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute and Professor of Finance at EDHEC Business School.

Qinyu Goh
Position: EDHECinfra Sustainability Data Scientist
Discipline: Climate Finance
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Qinyu Goh specialises in quantifying physical risks and their financial impacts on infrastructure projects worldwide.

Mayank Hedaoo
Position: EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute Junior Research Engineer
Discipline: Climate Finance
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Conor Hubert
Position: EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute Sustainability Research Engineer
Discipline: Climate Finance
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Conor Hubert is a Sustainability Research Engineer at the EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute, working on helping build the science and engineering evidence to understand infrastructure's sust

Bertrand Jayles
Position: EDHEC Infra and Private Assets Research Institute Senior Sustainability Data Scientist
Discipline: Finance
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Bertrand is a Senior Sustainability Data Scientist in the EDHECinfra team, and focuses on climate risks and scenario analyses.

Dherminder Kainth
Position: EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute Research Director
Discipline: Finance
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Dherminder Kainth is a Research Director at the EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute, working on the impact of climate change on asset prices an

Véronique Le Sourd
Position: EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute Senior Research Engineer
Discipline: Finance
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Véronique Le Sourd is a senior research engineer with the EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute.

Thomas Lorans
Position: Scientific Portfolio (an EDHEC Venture) Deputy Head of ESG Research
Discipline: Climate Finance
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Darwin Marcelo
Position: EDHEC Infra and Private Assets Research Institute Green Infrastructure Team Project Director
Discipline: Finance
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During Darwin’s stint with the World Bank Singapore office, he was the Program Manager of the World Bank Quality Infrastructure Investment (QII) Partnership and Lead of the Global Infrastructure Co

Lionel Melin
Position: EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute Associate Researcher
Discipline: Climate Finance
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Lionel Melin works with the “Impact of Climate Change on Asset Prices” research team at EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute, including focussing on a novel DICE model implementation.

Fabien Nugier
Position: EDHEC Infra and Private Assets Research Institute Senior Research Engineer
Discipline: Climate Finance
Faculty: Data Science, Economics & Finance
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Fabien is a research engineer in the ‘Green infra’ research team at EDHECinfra. His primary background is in physics and data science.

Dominic O'Kane
Position: Professor,

EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute Research Director

Discipline: Finance
Faculty: Data Science, Economics & Finance
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Dominic O’Kane is a research director at EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute and a professor of finance at EDHEC Business School.

Jeanette Orminski
Position: EDHEC Infra and Private Assets Research Institute Senior Sustainability & ESG Researcher
Discipline: Communication
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Jeanette received her PhD degree from the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore in Communication Science; focusing on the sustainability discourse on Twitter.

Aurore Porteu de la Morandière
Position: Scientific Portfolio (an EDHEC Venture) ESG & Quant Researcher
Discipline: Finance
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Julien Priol
Position: Scientific Portfolio (an EDHEC Venture) ESG & Quant Researcher
Discipline: Climate Finance
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Riccardo Rebonato
Position: Professor,

EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute Scientific Director and Programme Director (Impact of Climate Change on Asset Pricing and Investment Management)

Discipline: Finance
Faculty: Data Science, Economics & Finance
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Riccardo Rebonato is Scientific Director of EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute and Professor of Finance at EDHEC Business School.

Nicolas Schneider
Position: EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute Senior Research Engineer
Discipline: Climate Finance
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Nicolas Schneider is a Senior Research Engineer and Empirical Macroeconomist at EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute.

Benoît Vaucher
Position: Scientific Portfolio (an EDHEC Venture) Director of Research
Discipline: Finance
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Benoit Vaucher is Scientific Portfolio’s Director of Research.

Fangyuan Zhang
Position: EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute Senior Research Engineer
Discipline: Climate Finance
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Fanghuan Zhang is a senior research engineer at EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute where she contributes to the research programme looking at