Christophe, a French national, has over 18 years’ experience in the field of climate change and green growth, with a focus on project origination, financing and policy formulation. He joined GGGI in 2016 as Green Investment Specialist to contribute to the development and structuring of investments and funds in Asia, Africa and Middle East member countries. In 2020 he was appointed Deputy Country Representative for Lao PDR, where he, among others, led the first revision of the Lao Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and the design of the National Green Industry Policy. From January 2023, he is the GGGI Country Representative to Jordan, based at the Ministry of Environment in Amman. GGGI Jordan supports the government in e-mobility transition, circular economy, green jobs creation and access to climate finance. Prior to joining GGGI, Christophe was the managing director of a pioneering private advisory firm active in the financing of greenhouse gas emission reductions projects in developing countries, under the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism. Among other, he led the development of complex mitigation projects in the Middle East, such as the Associated Gas Recovery and Utilization at Block 9 in Oman, and the Madinah Landfill Gas Capture Project in Saudi Arabia. Through his career Christophe has built up expertise in low carbon and climate resilient technologies, including renewable energy, energy efficiency, e-mobility, municipal solid waste, wastewater and forestry carbon sequestration. He was also a key contributor to the Chad’s Nationally Determined Contribution to the Paris Agreement. Christophe holds an MSc degree in Sustainable Urban Development from the University of Oxford, and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from ESSEC Business School in Paris.
Christophe Assicot
Jordan Country Representative