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

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!

Victoria Labourdette

Project Director
Paris office
With over six years of experience in Nature-based Solutions, Victoria has led forestry, agroforestry, and clean cookstove projects development across Africa, and contributed to REDD+ initiatives in Latin America. A graduate of AgroParisTech and the Collège des Ingénieurs (MBA), she has been working for three years now at hummingbirds and oversees the entire African project portfolio.

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.

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.

Vitor Vannozzi Brito

Carbon Officer
Paris office
Vitor is a forest engineer graduated from the University of São Paulo and holds 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, he technically supports hummingbirds' projects with his forestry and carbon certification expertise.

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.

Alexandre Lépée

Business Development Manager
Paris office
Alexandre graduated from Ecole Centrale de Lille and holds a double degree in finance from the IAE Lille University School of Management. He brings with him relevant field experience from a REDD+ project in Peru. He focuses on developing offtake agreements with corporate buyers along with exploring business opportunities for projects in France and in Spain.

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Our Strategic Committee

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

Portrait of Julien Perez from the hummingbirds 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.
Portrait of Gaëlle Bonnieux from the hummingbirds supervisory board
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.
Portrait of Guillaume Bouculat from the hummingbirds supervisory board
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.
Portrait of Stephanie Bishop from the hummingbirds supervisory board
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.
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