Nicolas SDEZ

Nicolas SDEZ is an engineer and first degree and INSEAD MBA by second. He comes from Lille, France and studied in Paris (ENSTA) and Milan (Politecnico) for his Master’s degree in Maritime Engineering. An avid sailor, Nicolas worked first on the decarbonation of the shipping industry where he developed a wind propulsion technology from scratch up to large-scale industrial projects, co-founding a company (Oceanwings) in the process. His obsession with holistically addressing problems through technology and usages, including crew behaviors and weather routing considerations, contributed significantly to its success.
With the belief that climate action requires not only “less bad”, but also “more good”. Nicolas now pursues ecosystem restoration and carbon removal, beyond CO2 emission mitigation, having co-founded PRONOE. PRONOE is an internationally-awarded climatetech startup that restores the ocean’s natural capacity to permanently remove CO2 from the air, by locally mitigating the acidification of surface waters.