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Gautier Quéru is a pioneer in the field of green finance. He heads the Natural Capital strategies (Sustainable Land Use and Environmental Assets), at Mirova, a leading sustainable investment company. Gautier started his career at the Ministry of Finance and in the Caisse des Dépôts group, where he developed carbon markets and funds. Between 2005 and 2013, he worked at Natixis for the European Carbon Fund (€140m), the first private fund dedicated to projects to reduce CO2 emissions worldwide. At just 30, he was appointed director of the fund, responsible for a portfolio of more than 15 major projects in Latin America, Africa and Asia. After joining Mirova's renewable energy department, in 2016 he created the firm’s natural capital investment activities with the Land Degradation Neutrality Fund, launched in partnership with the United Nations, and praised at the One Planet Summit in 2017. Blending financing from public and private investors, the LDN Fund has raised $200m+ to finance ecosystem restoration and agroforestry in developing countries. An engineer by training, specialising in environment and energy at the Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse, he also graduated from Sciences Po Paris (class of 2004).
