Mathilde Laurans Deputy Executive Director Mathilde Laurans is the Deputy Executive Director of the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage. She has 20 years' experience in development finance across climate and biodiversity sectors, energy and infrastructure. She served at the French Development Agency where she led the institution work on Climate and Nature finance including its participation in the funding arrangement on responding to economic and non-economic loss and damage. Mathilde brings a wealth of knowledge and leadership to the Fund at a critical time to operationalize it.