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Thomas Roulland

Head of Sustainability Standards & Analytics
AllianzGI
Thomas Roulland is Head of Sustainability Standards & Analytics at AllianzGI. The team drives the firm’s sustainability system bringing together market standards, regulatory developments, and data insights in a range of solutions for all asset classes and supporting functions. As part of its mission, the team enables the implementation of market standards into integrated solutions, ensures oversight of AllianzGI’s sustainability disclosures, and lead integration efforts across the firm to meet good governance and sustainable approach requirements. In addition, the team spearheads a push into the development of innovative state-of-the-art technology and ESG data to support sustainability research and stewardship teams. The team is integral to the development of new sustainable investing methodologies, runs its ESG scoring method, develops the firm’s data set for the climate strategy, as well as in the design and creation of client-oriented solutions. Prior to joining AllianzGI in 2021, Thomas Roulland was Head of Responsible Investment Solutions, Models & Tools at AXA IM. Before that, he served as a multi-asset portfolio engineer from 2016 to 2019. Before working for AXA IM, he was a performance analyst at AllianzGI. He started his careers in 2010 as middle-office analyst at B*Capital-BNP Paribas. Thomas holds a Master I in Capital markets from EDHEC Business School and a Master II – Trading & Asset management from ESLSCA Business School. He is a CFA and CIPM charterholder and is FRM certified. He was member of the Eurosif ESG Ratings & Data Advisory Group, a mission-driven working group fostering on solutions and recommendations to policymakers to ensure coherent, reliable, and sound framework for ESG ratings and data products.