Véronique Le Sourd is a senior research engineer with the EDHEC Climate Institute. She holds a Master’s Degree in Applied Mathematics from the Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris. She is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst® and she is also a PhD candidate in finance at the University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis. Her research focus is on performance measurement, indices and benchmarks, socially responsible investment (SRI) and ESG. She has published articles on performance measurement, indices and SRI / ESG, and books on portfolio management and performance measurement.