Benjamin Chekroun has been Lead Engagement Analyst at Candriam since 2025. He joined the Voting and Engagement Team in 2020, responsible for ethics, human rights, and social engagements as an Engagement and Voting Analyst. He lectures in both Sustainable Finance, and Volatility Arbitrage, for the Master 2 Asset Management degree at Paris Dauphine University.
He joined Candriam in 2018 as Deputy Head of Convertible Bonds, after spending nearly two decades managing convertible bond portfolios and trading bonds in Asia, London, New York, and Paris.
Benjamin holds a Masters degree in international business from the Weller International School in Paris.
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AI, ESG, SRI, Benjamin Chekroun
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a familiar part of our lives, but we are only just beginning to realise the risks associated with it. With regulation unable to keep pace, AI governance is now a major issue.
Cemre Aksu, Benjamin Chekroun, ESG, SRI
Engagement and Voting Outlook
Market, regulatory, and geopolitical trends are influencing the way investors are engaging with investee companies. In 2025, shareholders sponsored fewer resolutions, while large institutions withdrew from some large collaborative initiatives, causing them to be restructured or cancelled.
ESG, SRI, Benjamin Chekroun
Engaging with Luxury Brand Companies: A Conversation with Benjamin Chekroun
Why are we engaging with companies on their supply chains?
Their supply chains have unique and high-risk elements. These come into focus was we look at our larger engagement campaign on supply chains generally.
Benjamin Chekroun, Research Paper, ESG, SRI
Human Capital Management in European Small and Mid-sized Companies: Analysing the Data
Despite constraints on both their human and financial capital, Small- and Mid-Sized companies (SMIDs) share similar business ambitions with their larger counterparts while competing for the same talent. They need talent to fuel their growth, yet that rapid growth can strain employees. Attracting and retaining talent, while simultaneously maintaining workforce productivity, poses a challenge.
Benjamin Chekroun, ESG, SRI, Facial Recognition, Sophie Deleuze
Investor Engagement on Human Rights Risks of Facial Recognition Technology: Interim Report
Facial Recognition Technologies are changing our lives. FRT enhances efficiency and security, helping us unlock high-end smartphones, or pass more rapidly through airports. But are there hidden costs to our human rights?