Dr. Jonathan Gheyssens is UNEP Programme Officer at the Climate Finance Unit, advising on issues ranging from climate finance, carbon and biodiversity market mechanisms to financing mechanisms for development. Jonathan has a master’s degree in Finance from the Paris Institute of Political Studies, an MSc in Economics from the University of Montreal and a PhD in Economics and Finance from the ETH Zurich. He has published several papers on REDD+ mechanisms and climate finance and has co-authored a book on Environmental Finance and Investment. Jonathan previously worked as quantitative risk manager for the National Bank of Canada and the consultancy Deloitte and started his career as a strategy consultant for the banking sector.