Benoit Cheron  
Head of Sustainability
KPMG

Based in Reykjavik, Benoit Chéron founded in 2019 X.FIN, a financial advisory and consulting services firm, assisting financial institutions with areas such as responsible investment and ESG integration. He is an experienced chief financial officer within asset management and private equity, with skills covering large buy-out European transactions, risk management structures and setting-up internal processes. Prior to moving to Iceland in 2018, he was CFO and Partner of idi Emerging Markets, an independent growth-capital specialist in emerging markets. He served previously headed the Luxembourg office of PAI Partners, a leading European private equity firm managing €12.3bn of dedicated buyout funds. He was member of the board of the Luxembourg Private Equity and Venture Capital Association and Chairman of the Accounting & Valuation Committee for seven years. Chéron holds an MA in banking, finance and insurance from Dauphine University.
Benoit Cheron