{"id":3493,"date":"2022-01-03T11:23:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T09:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fbf.fr\/en\/?p=3493"},"modified":"2023-09-22T16:21:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T14:21:11","slug":"karen-degouve-is-appointed-climate-director-of-the-french-banking-federation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fbf.fr\/en\/karen-degouve-is-appointed-climate-director-of-the-french-banking-federation\/","title":{"rendered":"Karen Degouve is appointed Climate Director of the French Banking Federation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Karen Degouve joined the FBF on 3 January 2022 as Climate Director. Karen has over 15 years of experience in sustainable finance. She was previously Head of Sustainable Business Development at Natixis, a subsidiary of Groupe BPCE focused on Asset &amp; Wealth Management and Corporate &amp; Investment Banking, where she led several key initiatives in the field of environmental and social responsibility, including the Green Weighting Factor scheme.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A graduate of HEC Paris, Karen Degouve joined Natixis in 2005 as manager of the European Carbon Fund, a climate investment fund dedicated to clean energy and infrastructure projects aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in emerging markets. She headed the climate finance team of asset manager Natixis Environnement &amp; Infrastructures (now Mirova) and was a board member of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) until 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before joining Natixis, Karen was a project finance manager at ABB, covering France, the Middle East and Africa. She also worked in emerging capital markets for UBS and Nomura Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fbf.fr\/fr\/communique_de_presse\/karen-degouve-devient-directrice-en-charge-du-climat-de-la-federation-bancaire-francaise\/\">Karen Degouve devient directrice en charge du climat de la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration bancaire fran\u00e7aise<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"postAttachment\"><div class=\"postAttachment__wrapper\"><div class=\"postAttachment__info\"><p class=\"postAttachment__name\">FBF Press release &#8211; Karen Degouve is appointed Climate Director of the French Banking Federation<\/p><p class=\"postAttachment__fileSize\">142.6 KB<\/p><\/div><a class=\"postActions__action postActions__action--big clickEvent postAttachement_link\" data-wp-interactive=\"fbf\/tracking\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;category&quot;:&quot;file&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:&quot;download&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;FBF Press release - Karen Degouve is appointed Climate Director of the French Banking Federation&quot;}\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.push\" data-eventcategory=\"file\" data-eventaction=\"download\" data-eventlabel=\"FBF Press release - Karen Degouve is appointed Climate Director of the French Banking Federation\" href=\"https:\/\/fbf.fr\/uploads\/2022\/01\/FBF-press-Karen-Degouve-is-appointed-Climate-Director-of-the-French-Banking-Federation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"postActions__label\">Download FBF Press release &#8211; Karen Degouve is appointed Climate Director of the French Banking Federation<\/span><svg role=\"presentation\" class=\"postActions__icon\" width=\"14\"><use href=\"#download\" xlink:href=\"#download\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"author\"><div class=\"author__wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author__portrait\" src=\"https:\/\/fbf.fr\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Benoit-Danton.jpeg\" alt=\"\"><p class=\"author__name\">Benoit DANTON<\/p><p class=\"author__contact\">bdanton@fbf.fr<\/p><p class=\"author__contact\">+33 (0)6.73.48.80.40<\/p><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karen Degouve joined the FBF on 3 January 2022 as Climate Director. 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