We are driven by making the impossible possible.

7 nationalities

We come from Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Italy, Portugal, New-Caledonia and France.

60% women

In terms of gender balance, women are a majority in our team.

23 co-workers

Our team is half in Europe, half in our regional offices abroad.

About US

Our team

Anaïs Bach

CEO & Co-Founder of hummingbirds

Anaïs brings 18+ years of strong international corporate background in the energy sector with diverse experiences from E&S engineer to international business development manager and operational managing director. For the past 7 years, she has dedicated herself to climate strategy and ultimately joined TotalEnergies' head office in Paris to support the creation of a Nature-based Solutions business unit as project developper, then as Head of Operations. Anaïs, originally from New Caledonia, spent over 30 years in Asia Pacific and holds an engineering degree from the French Ecole Centrale de Nantes. She cares deeply about ecosystem preservation and aligning societal, gender and economic development with that. To support the Voluntary Carbon Market necessary scale-up with more agility and efficiency, she co-founded hummingbirds in 2022 with Damien, a serial impact entrepreneur.

Damien Ricordeau

Vice-Chairman & Co-Founder of hummingbirds

After graduating from Paris Dauphine University’s Master in Corporate Finance and Financial Engineering, Damien started his career in 2008 in private equity by joining the Edmond de Rothschild Group where he was part of the investment team for several participations in fast-growing SMEs. Building upon 5 years of buy-side experience, Damien decided in 2013 to turn towards green finance and founded Finergreen, a boutique advisory specialized in the energy transition. After 3 years of fast growth on the French market, Damien took the company global, starting in Africa (2016) and shortly after in Asia (2017), in the Middle East (2018), in Latin America (2019), and in the rest of Europe (2020). This strategy has enabled Finergreen to assert itself as a worldwide actor for renewable energy project finance and M&A. To support further the transition towards sustainability and to act on climate change, he decided early 2022 to put his extensive experience and network at the service of accelerating the deployment of Nature-based Solutions and co-founded hummingbirds with Anaïs.

We value our team above everything else because we believe ordinary people can do the extraordinary when they feel respected, empowered and driven by a higher collective purpose!

Abdelmajid Sbihi

Chief Operations Officer

Paris office

Abdelmajid brings over a decade of experience in renewable energy project development, finance, and operations, notably at Akuo, where he served as COO for Africa and led large-scale project development, financing, and strategic growth. He strengthened his expertise in energy transition and finance at Société Générale and in green hydrogen and ammonia development at Yamna. Abdelmajid is a graduate from École Polytechnique and École nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. As a COO, Majid oversees project development and management of the company, driving the execution and scaling of our NbS projects.

Inès Venencie

Project Director

Melbourne office

Inès has been working in the access to energy and Nature-based Solutions fields for the last seven years, specifically developing projects in Australia and South-East Asia since 2020. She holds a master’s in environmental economics from AgroParisTech and a bachelor from the University College of Maastricht. Since joining hummingbirds, she has been involved in the development and financing of projects for REDD+, Savanna Fire Management, ecosystem restoration, improved cookstoves and mangrove restoration across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.

Coline Ciresa

Chief Financial Officer

Paris office

Coline has a 12-year experience in international project development, with more than 5 years focusing on financing and structuring aspects in the energy sector. Previously she has been supporting project developers to identify and mitigate projects risks. She holds a degree from Sciences Po Strasbourg with a specialisation in corporate strategy and finance.

Marie de la Croix

Chief Commercial Officer

Paris office

Marie brings over 20 years of international experience across climate action and business development. Before joining hummingbirds to lead our sales department, she held senior roles at Reforest’Action, where she led carbon sales and advised corporates and investors on large-scale NbS projects in Asia, Africa and Latin America,. Earlier in her career, she worked at Majid Al Futtaim (Carrefour Middle East) and in multinational FMCG companies including Unilever building expertise in international business development.

Vitor Vannozzi Brito

Carbon Officer

Paris office

Vitor is a forest engineer graduated from the University of São Paulo, holding an Erasmus Mundus Master in Tropical Biodiversity and Ecosystems (TROPIMUNDO). He has worked in Brazil, Chile, Sri Lanka and Europe. For the past three years, Vitor has technically supported hummingbirds' projects with strong forestry and carbon certification expertise, leading the carbon department of the company for its invested projects and external consultancies.

Melina Gersberg

ESG and Impact Officer

Paris office

Melina holds a double master from Science Po and Pierre and Marie Curie University. She brings 10 years of environmental expertise within private companies, conservation NGOs, and institutions, notably WWF, IUCN, and more recently the Max Planck Institute in Congo. She supports the global portfolio as an impact specialist with high focus on biodiversity and livelihoods.

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Our Strategic Committee

Nicolas Jeuffrain

An entrepreneur at heart, Nicolas is always keen for a new challenge. In his career, he evolved in fields as varied as telecommunications, tourism, food, agriculture, and of course energy. Nicolas spent the first part of his career in the telecoms sector before turning to energy. Convinced that the sector would experience upheavals similar to those of telecoms, he co-founded Tenergie in 2008. Committed to the sustainable economic development of his region, he also created a concept of autonomous farming with a local distribution network, respecting responsible agriculture methods, within the Domaine de Violaine, located in South of France.

Denis Philipon

Denis is the president of Groupe Voyage Privé (VPG), an online travel agency which he founded in 2006. VPG offers a new way of doing business, reconciling economic success with social and environmental initiatives, among them "l'Ecole des XV", an association offering academic support through sports to middle school students from working-class neighborhoods, "Tremplins de l'Innovation", a startup incubator, "Chez Pierre", a restaurant promoting the professional integration of people with disabilities, and most recently, the "Dalida Institute", a unique voice school in Europe. Denis is also presiding the SASP Provence Rugby since 2013, the rugby club of the Aix-Marseille Provence Metropolis.

Charles Guilhamon

Passionate about travel, Charles Guilhamon is a born entrepreneur who founded his own start-up which was integrated into the Voyage Privé group in 2014. When he joined the group, Charles worked towards the acceleration and strengthening of the group's international development before being appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2018. Voyage Privé (56 million members, 1.2 million people travelling per year) is committed to reducing its CO2e emissions by 35% per booking by 2026.

Our Supervisory Board

Julien Perez

Julien brings over 20 years of experience at the intersection of climate policy, corporate strategy, and energy transition. As Managing Director of OGCI and OGDC, he leads the overall strategy and execution of both organizations, coordinating climate commitments, engaging with institutional stakeholders, shaping external policy positions, and guiding long-term development. Prior to his current role, Julien led Climate & Energy Services at EY, supporting corporations in designing and implementing low-carbon strategies. His earlier roles include coordinating climate initiatives at TotalEnergies and managing environmental liabilities across industries at AECOM. He also serves on the Steering Committee of the OECD's EFFECT Program, which supports extractive-based countries in achieving just and sustainable low-carbon transitions.

Gaëlle Bonnieux

Gaëlle brings over 20 years of experience in asset management and impact investing across emerging markets, with a deep focus on sustainable agriculture and carbon project development. She began her career supporting microfinance networks in Latin America and Africa, before joining responsAbility Investments in Switzerland, where she helped develop agriculture-focused debt funds. A former Board Member of Oikocredit Netherlands, Gaëlle has long been committed to financial inclusion and regenerative practices. In 2023, she joined South Pole as Global Director of the Structuring team, leading efforts to source, assess, and structure Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and Article 6 investment opportunities for institutional investors. She is also the co-founder of GonneGirls Farm, a regenerative agriculture initiative in Normandy. With 15 years of experience in sustainable agricultural investments and impact strategy, Gaëlle offers invaluable insight and leadership at the intersection of climate finance and regenerative land use.

Guillaume Bouculat

Guillaume is a senior executive with nearly 20 years of global experience at the intersection of finance, sustainability, and nature-based solutions. A pioneer in agricultural transition and sustainable supply chains, he co-founded Livelihoods Venture in 2011, where he co-managed more than €300 million in impact investments across over 20 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe. Guillaume brings a rare blend of financial expertise and deep field experience in agroforestry, ecosystem restoration, and carbon projects. With a background in finance and a decade in the financial sector, he has since focused on bridging the gap between corporate actors, farmers, NGOs, and the public sector to scale high-impact environmental initiatives. Guillaume now advises select corporates and financial institutions in accelerating investments in nature-based solutions and serves as a Senior Advisor to Resilient Landscapes.

Stephanie Bishop

Stephanie is a seasoned expert in sustainable forestry and compliance, with over 15 years of experience across Africa. She has led complex projects from greenfield implementation to fund management and consulting, with a strong focus on environmental and social safeguards, including the IFC Performance Standards and FSC Principles & Criteria. Prior to joining Forestry Solutions Africa in 2025 as a Director, Stephanie held senior roles at Miro Forestry and Green Resources, where she championed business integrity, environmental and social governances and gender equity. With a BSc in Environmental Science and an MA in African Studies, she brings deep expertise in risk-based project management, cultural transformation, and foreign direct investment due diligence within the forestry sector.