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The Team
Ulf Erlandsson
Founder, CEO
Sweden
With a PhD in Economics from Lund University, Ulf founded AFII in 2020, having previously ran global credit at Swedish state pension fund, AP4, and been a quantitative strategist at Barclays Capital.
Ulf has published several books on credit and thought-leading articles on climate impact in fixed income, and was awarded Environmental Finance’s Bond Personality of the Year 2022 as well as CFA Sweden’s ESG Prize 2021.
Justine Leigh-Bell
Executive Director
UK
Formerly Deputy CEO of the Climate Bonds Initiative, Justine has a track record in building international non-profit organisations with a strong climate impact footprint, most notably in the development of the green bonds market working closely with financial institutions.
Justine has an M.Sc. in environmental economics and policy from Imperial College London and post-graduate training in molecular genomics at Yale.
Stephanie Mielnik, CFA
Research Director
Switzerland
Previously at Northern Trust Asset Management where she led the development of Climate/ESG funds and SFDR implementation, Stephanie drives quantitative research at AFII. Stéphanie started her career at Natixis as a quantitative analyst before joining the derivatives trading desk. She has an M.Sc. in financial engineering from Skema Business School and a Master’s in IT engineering from Junia HEI Lille.
Josephine Richardson
Head of Portfolio Strategy
UK
Previously a senior flow trader from JPMorgan, Josephine covered all aspects of credit trading, market making of structured products, risk management, analysis, valuations and controls. Josephine leads the development and application of AFII’s portfolio management techniques and actively manages AFII’s model portfolios. She has a BA Hons in Mathematics from Trinity College, Cambridge.
Johan Jarnmo
Quant Associate
Sweden
A graduate from the Department of Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics at Umeå University, Johan was previously a consultant at Deloitte. His graduate thesis, “Greenhouse Gas Footprint Minimization of Credit Default Swap Baskets”, was directly related to the ECOBAR model and AFII’s work.
Kamesh Korangi
Quant Credit Strategist
UK
Kamesh Korangi is an experienced credit derivatives and bond trader focused on developing AFII’s portfolio analytics suite for climate risk.
Kamesh is simultaneously pursuing a PhD, applying deep learning to credit risk management, portfolio optimisation and systemic risk.
Kamesh was previously a market maker and credit analyst at NatWest Markets and has also worked in startups devising security algorithms for telecoms. He has a degree in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Madras and an MBA in Finance & Economics from IIM Calcutta.
Catherine Greene, CFA
Chief Impact Officer
UK
Catherine has over 20 years’ finance experience, much of it as an allocator to hedge funds and private equity funds while at Prudential M&G, a family office and International Asset Management. She returned to university to study for a PhD at the London School of Economics and following this became a Strategic Adviser for Principia Advisory - one of the leading organisational ethics firms. She is a Research Associate at the LSE.
Suelen Lira
Head of Programme Management Office and Operations
Portugal
Previously at the Climate Bonds Initiative, PwC and Santander, Suelen has 15 years’ experience implementing and operating Programme Management Offices.
She has an MBA in Project Management and certified as a Programme Management Professional in 2012.
Emma Thorpe
Communications Director
UK
With over 25 years’ experience in marketing and public relations focused on finance and innovation, Emma leads AFII’s stakeholder communications and media relations.
Emma has previously held senior marketing roles at Bowmark Capital, Invest Europe, and The Carlyle Group, and now advises venture capital investors and startups on communications. Emma has a BA Hons in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University.