About Datamaran
Our vision is to embed ESG into the DNA of every major company in the world, because that is when real change can happen.
Datamaran comes from humble beginnings, an idea germinated by three founder members in the East End of London, but we are now established in the boardrooms of some of the largest global companies. We might have pioneered the use of technology to bring order to the complex world of ESG risk and reward, but at our core we are a people business.
Our experts come from diverse backgrounds in ESG policy, banking and technology. All have a deep understanding of the challenges you face and a shared passion to change how the world does business. We have offices in London, New York and Valencia. Our people live and make an impact across the globe.
If you are a business leader, or the ESG leader of your business, contact us for a demo to see how we can help you to create real change.
“We have 120 clients now, but what if we had 1000 or 5000? That is when real change can happen.”
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Leadership Team
Marjella Lecourt-Alma
Marjella Lecourt-Alma is the CEO and co-founder of Datamaran – the market leader in ESG risk management. Trusted by blue-chip companies and global partners, and recognized as best practice for material risk identification and monitoring by the European regulator EFRAG, it is the only software in the world that supports a fully automated and data-driven business process for monitoring external risks and opportunities - powered by AI.
Marjella leads a diverse global team of ESG and risk management experts, as well as data scientists and technology professionals, and is globally recognized as a thought leader and game changer. She is recognized globally as advancing ESG and risk management in business - by governments, regulators, international organizations, businesses, civil society, labour, and the accountancy profession.
As a trusted thought leader, Marjella is often featured in the media, including the Financial Times, The Economist, and CNBC’s Power Lunch.
At age 30, Marjella became the youngest female Director of the Global Reporting Initiative - the most widely used standard for measuring and managing ESG issues. She joined the GRI headquarters in Amsterdam in 2007 where she successfully set up the Services Department.
She won the Game Changer award in 2017 and Marjella is an international keynote speaker on subjects including AI, sustainability, and ESG, as well as a member of ACCA’s (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) Global Forum for Sustainability, Telefonica’s Sustainability Stakeholder Advisory Council, and Sustainable Development Goals Advisory Committee for UNPRI.
Jérôme Basdevant
Jérôme is CTO and co-founder of Datamaran. He oversees Product and technology, leading a team of data scientists technologist and industry experts. He is the creator of the AI engine behind Datamaran. Under his guidance, the team of Data Scientists develop methods that allows us to identify, measure and monitor emerging risks and non-financial issues (including ESG).
Jérôme has over 20 years of experience designing and deploying innovative B2B solutions, processes and analytics for Fortune 500 companies.
Jérôme holds a MSc in Robotics from Ecole Centrale de Paris. He is a member of the AAT Digital Advisory Board and regular speaker on the application of AI to advance business decision-making.
JP Lecourt
Jean-Philippe oversees Datamaran's financial, operational, and legal aspects. He leads strategic engagement with the financial services industry and is one of our 3 founders – the crack team behind our success.
JP has close to two decades of capital markets experience in the Financial Services Industry, from being a Derivatives quant at JP Morgan in Hong Kong in 1996 to Managing Director of Bank of America at 29 years of age. He also was head of US derivatives trading and Deputy head of BNP's Prime Brokerage Risk Management in the US.
Having spent the majority of his career working on Wall Street, JP has real drive, enthusiasm and a keen focus on results when it comes to advancing business decision-making with data-driven solutions.
With a MSc in Applied Mathematics from Ecole Centrale Paris, and an undergraduate degree in Mathematics Lycee Louis Le Grand, JP is ideally suited to controlling Datamaran's financial matters.
