Stéphane Lapiquonne

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ABOUT STÉPHANE LAPIQUONNE

As the Head of Sustainability and Transition Affairs for BlackRock for EMEA, I am responsible for leading the Sustainability Affairs strategy for EMEA, engaging a range of stakeholders across civil society, policymakers and academic experts on behalf of BlackRock\'s clients. In my previous roles as Head of Sustainability and co-head of the Sustainability & Transition Solutions group in EMEA, I worked alongside the global team in leading BlackRock\'s sustainability and transition strategy in the region, driving cross-functional change, supporting client and external sustainability engagement, and partnering on sustainable product ideation. When I joined BlackRock in 2010 I served as one of the leaders of BlackRock Solutions\' Financial Markets Advisory Group in London, which provides a wide range of advisory, valuation and innovative solutions for banks, insurance companies, official institutions, and other financial intermediaries. Five years later, I was appointed BlackRock\'s Country Head for France, Belgium and Luxembourg, and then Co-Head of BlackRock\'s Continental European business from 2020, before moving on to become Head of Sustainability for EMEA eighteen months later. Prior to joining BlackRock, I served as a senior investment advisor to Lone Star Europe and, before that, as the deputy head of AXA IM\'s structured credit investment team in Paris. I started my career in 1996 as a fixed income quantitative analyst at Banque Nationale de Paris in London, before joining Morgan Stanley\'s credit structuring and product management team. I hold a Diplôme d’Ingénieur from CentraleSupélec and a Master of Finance from Cambridge University, UK.