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Thibault ZimmermannTZ

Thibault Zimmermann

Climate Analyst & Business Strategist

€550/day
Paris, FR
3-7 years

Average response time: 1 hour

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About Thibault

ESSEC Business School graduate, I support companies and financial institutions on their carbon, climate reporting, and sustainable finance challenges.

My profile combines a rare dual expertise: solid financial knowledge (former venture capital analyst — financial modeling, valuation, due diligence) and technical expertise in carbon accounting (Bilan Carbone®, GHG Protocol, Scopes 1-3). I have produced emissions assessments and decarbonization roadmaps for dozens of companies.

I am currently focusing on higher value-added climate compliance and finance topics:
  • PCAF (Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials) and the calculation of financed emissions for banks, asset managers, and investment funds
  • CBAM / MACF (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism) for companies importing carbon-intensive products (steel, aluminum, cement) and needing to secure their declarer status, supplier data, and customs compliance
  • Sustainable finance in a broader sense — structuring of debt indexed on climate indicators (sustainability-linked loans), financialization of carbon impact, climate performance ratios

I leverage agentic AI and no-code tools to deliver faster and at a lower cost than traditional consulting firms.

Available for freelance consulting, methodological structuring, or operational support missions.
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • Spanish

    Conversational

  • Italian

    Conversational

  • Portuguese

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Paris (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Climate Dividends Association
    Operations Director
    January 2025 - September 2025 (8 months)
    Paris, France
    Transitioned into a dedicated Operations focus as the organization scaled, building the tooling, automations and processes needed to move from a manual, high-touch model to one capable of handling significantly greater volume; new-user acquisition was handed off to a newly hired Development Director.

    In parallel, I still owned most of my original scope — customer success, operations, marketing and communications — pushing further and continuously improving our delivery in these areas (new marketing content, strategy fine-tuning, improved customer satisfaction, more ambitious communication targets...)

    Process Design & Scalability

    • Architected internal workflows, automations and tooling (Make, Hubspot, LinkedIn, GA4, Notion, Airtable, Zapier) to standardize and streamline end-to-end user experience
    • Redesigned internal operating procedures to improve efficiency, traceability and cross-team collaboration

    Digital Product & Web

    • Led the full redesign and rebuild of the organization's website (Webflow)
    • Produced the organization's flagship promotional video

    Freelance Management

    • Recruited, briefed and managed freelancers and volunteers across technical, editorial and design workstreams

    Strategic Content & Thought Leadership

    • Drove the organization's research and thought leadership on financializing positive climate impact — translating a technical impact methodology into decision-relevant financial metrics
    • Co-authored a flagship white paper "Rethinking Climate Metrics with Climate Dividends" introducing three original ratios (Climate Dividends Efficiency, Climate Dividends Intensity, Climate ROI) designed to embed climate contribution into investment decision-making
  • Climate Dividends Association
    User Engagement Lead
    January 2024 - January 2025 (1 year)
    Paris, France
    Joined Climate Dividends at inception as one of its first hires, taking on a founder-like, cross-functional role spanning business development, customer operations, marketing and communications — building most of these functions from the ground up, in a fast-moving environment and sector.

    Customer Success & Operations

    • Led clients end-to-end through the Climate Dividends Protocol — impact quantification, methodology alignment, third-party audit, issuance and distribution — a technically dense, multi-stakeholder process spanning 25+ corporate client engagements
    • Enabled clients to leverage their results both internally (boards, investors, employees) and externally (customers, suppliers, industry peers), strengthening retention and advocacy
    • Built a structured feedback loop with users to continuously improve both the technical methodology and the operational process

    Business Development & Growth (B2B)

    • Designed and executed the organization's targeting and acquisition strategy, building prospecting workflows from scratch
    • Owned inbound lead qualification and conversion for both corporate and investor prospects
    • Implemented and streamlined the growth tech stack (HubSpot, Notion, Airtable, Make, Zapier) to track pipeline and automate follow-up, increasing team efficiency

    Marketing & Brand Strategy

    • Shaped and iterated the organization's value proposition and go-to-market narrative for both corporate and investor audiences
    • Translated strategy into commercial content, sales collateral and presentations used across the client lifecycle
    • Designed and ran proprietary events and represented the organization at industry conferences (both as speaker and attendee) across climate finance, ESG and impact investing

    Communications & Content

    • Owned end-to-end communications strategy — monthly newsletter, LinkedIn presence and dedicated campaigns — growing the organization's audience and market visibility
  • Sami
    Climate Consultant
    September 2023 - January 2024 (4 months)
    Paris, France
    Joined Sami — a B Corp-certified climate tech platform combining carbon accounting software with expert consulting — as a Climate Consultant, delivering carbon footprint assessments and decarbonization strategy for a diverse client portfolio spanning print media, telecoms, food & beverage and hospitality.

    Carbon Accounting & Technical Expertise

    • Conducted full GHG emissions assessments (Scopes 1, 2 & 3) using the Bilan Carbone methodology and GHG Protocol standards, for companies ranging from SMEs to large corporates
    • Collected, structured and consolidated activity data across departments (procurement, logistics, digital, travel...) using the Sami platform and spreadsheet-based models to build accurate, audit-ready carbon footprints
    • Benchmarked results against sectoral references and translated raw emissions data into actionable insights: identifying key reduction levers, defining SBTi-aligned targets, and building tailored decarbonization roadmaps

    Client Management, Advisory & Enablement:

    • Acted as the primary point of contact for clients throughout the engagement, from data collection kickoff to final roadmap delivery
    • Translated technical carbon accounting concepts into clear, actionable language for non-expert audiences, upskilling client teams on carbon literacy
    • Contributed to business development for the consulting team: supported the sales process for complementary projects (life cycle assessments, avoided-emissions accounting) and helped design a new pricing framework for the team

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Education

  • ESSEC Business School
    2021
  • Master in Management and Technology
    Lycée Sainte-Geneviève
    2016
    Master in Management and Technology

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