Jean-Francois Coppenolle

​Jean-Francois works for Aviva as a senior manager in the capital management team. Whilst being a credit analyst by background, he has been leading on climate related Financial disclosures and ESG work. For the last three years, he has authored the Aviva France ESG and Climate report (against Article 173 of the French Energy Transition Law), which was identified as an example of industry best practice. He also led several other relevant climate-risk related initiatives within Aviva, notably in terms of taxonomy and metrics as well as on the TCFD scenario modelling and transition risk assessment workstream. He is key contributor to the UNEP FI pilot project on implementing the TCFD recommendations for asset owners. As credit analyst and a former external auditor, he has developed an extensive knowledge of best practices in terms of both financial and non-financial corporate reporting. Jean-Francois holds two Masters’ degrees: one from Edhec and one from Institut d’Etudes Politiques.