Ariane Joab-Cornu

Ariane Joab-Cornu joined the ECF in April 2023 as Programme Manager for Public Climate Finance, based in Paris. Her work focuses on the reform of international financial architecture to deliver climate finance at scale for the most vulnerable countries.

She has a background in development and climate finance, with experience working for the French Development Agency (AFD), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the French Permanent Representation to the United Nations in New York, where she was responsible for representing France in the Executive Board of the NY based Funds and programmes (UNDP, UNICEF, UN-Women, etc.), and in the negotiations of resolutions relating to macroeconomic topics and development activities.

Ariane holds an MPA from Sciences Po Paris. Outside of work, she enjoys wandering around cities and watching old French movies.