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Advisor

Nicolas Pocard

Corporate Advisor and Principal at 49 Parallel Insights

With over 30 years of experience with high-tech and clean-tech companies, Nicolas held various leadership positions in sales, business development and marketing in Europe, North America and Asia.

An active advocate of the fuel cell industry since 2004, he joined Ballard Power Systems in 2012 whereas Vice President Marketing, he led global marketing and strategic partnerships activities, go-to-market strategy and government relations.

Nicolas is a member of the Board of the California Hydrogen Business Council (CHBC), Canadian Hydrogen Association (CHA) and Ballard’s representative on the Board of Directors of Forsee Power.

He is a graduate engineer from Ecole de Chimie Organique et Minerale in Paris, and holds a Master of Science Degree in chemistry from the Ohio State University.

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