Jakob Thomä is a Professor in Practice for Sustainable Finance and Senior Fellow at the SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance. He is the Co-founder and Research Director of Theia Finance Labs (formerly known as the 2° Investing Initiative).
He is an expert on sustainable finance and long-term risks. He co-founded Theia Finance Labs (formerly 2DII Germany) where he now serves as Research Director and leads the Inevitable Policy Response Programme as Project Director.
Over the past 10 years, Jakob has led the development of a range of sustainability solutions, with a focus on designing business models for both public and commercial goods. He led the incubation of PACTA, the first methodology and tool to measure the alignment of financial portfolios with climate goals.
Jakob has served as advisor to central banks including the Japanese Financial Services Agency, the Brazilian Central Bank, the Bank of England, and the Bundesbank. He holds a PhD in Finance from the Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers.
