Tennessee Soudain is the Co-Head ECOFACT’s regulatory advisory team. She is responsible for helping clients prepare and implement compliance strategies that address sustainable finance and corporate responsibility requirements, especially those related to existing and upcoming human rights obligations.

With a strong interest in human rights, she believes that companies and financial actors have an important role to play in achieving a more sustainable world and economy. Her academic and professional choices have been guided by this conviction.

She completed her law studies (bachelor’s and master’s degrees) at the Universities of Lille and Strasbourg, where she graduated with a doctorate in law. Her Ph.D. examined the human rights responsibilities of companies. She joined ECOFACT after having worked within the legal team of the Swiss Barry Callebaut Group, a global leader in high-quality chocolate and cocoa products.