Sylvain Coutu

Expertise • Nature Finance• Agriculture financial risk management• Environmental engineering• Insurance industry ACADEMIC BACKGROUND • PhD in Environmental Engineering (EPFL)• Master in Environmental Fluid Mechanics (exchange, MIT - Universita di Genova)• Diplôme d'ingénieur des grandes écoles (ENGEES)AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS • Senior Expert Advisor at Nature Finance [since 2024• Member of FAO Technical Finance Committee (FTAC) on Food Security [since 2024]• Advisory Board of Quideos (Agriculture/Fintech start-up) [since 2024]• Selected as Top-10 most innovative global AgriTech leaders The Inc Magazine [2023]• Advisory Board of Green Triangle (Agriculture/Insurtech start-up) [since 2018]• Chair of Agriculture Finance for NASA Harvest, NASA's agriculture program [since 2016]• FNSF post-Doc grant to Stanford University [2013]• Boston - Strasbourg Twin's science scholarship to MIT [2008]WORK EXPERIENCE • Head of Agirculture & Nature Insurance at AXA Climate• Head of Innovation Special Lines at Swiss Re• Senior Agriculture Underwriter Agriculture at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions• Research Engineering at European Space Agency Teaching & PhD Courses Nature finance MGT-541 This course explores the many financial instruments that can come as a support for protection and regeneration of natural assets.