Speakers & moderators

Pierre Abadie is Group Climate Director at Tikehau Capital. He has over 21 years of experience in the energy transition sector. Pierre previously worked at TotalEnergies for 16 years, most notably in the Gas and Renewables division, before joining Tikehau Capital in 2018 to launch the Private Equity Climate Practice. He currently Co-heads Tikehau Capital’s flagship private equity decarbonisation fund (T2 Energy Transition) which was launched in 2018 in partnership with TotalEnergies. This fund and its co-investments have raised more than €1.4 billion and has now invested close to €1 billion in 10 Europeans companies.

Pierre has recently played a pivotal role in the launch of the private equity business’ subsequent climate strategies, including a new impact fund focusing on green assets, a decarbonization fund in North America in partnership with TotalEnergies, and a regenerative agriculture fund in partnership with AXA and Unilever. Pierre Abadie trained as an engineer at the Ecole Centrale and is a graduate of IFP Energie Nouvelle. He also holds a degree in physics from the Pierre and Marie Curie University (Sorbonne University).