Nick is currently the Regional Commercial Director for ‘Pur’, an impact company focusing on the design, development and monitoring of projects dedicated to restoring ecosystems within corporate supply chains and beyond.

‘Pur’ works with local farmers and communities to develop long-term nature-positive projects — including agroforestry, forest conservation, marine restoration and regenerative agriculture practices.

Before Pur, he was the General Manager of TUV Rheinland, the German Testing Inspection and Certification company, based in Beijing and Singapore. There he was responsible for the B2B delivery of third party verification services of various sustainability schemes and held both Management and Commercial roles.

Carbon and sustainability related services are part of this service portfolio, a highlight of which would be TUV Rheinland’s Green Hydrogen Standard, which he co-developed as a technical expert.

Nick has been active in sustainability sector since 2005 under different capacities, notably as wind project developer with E.on Renewables in the UK, policy consultant in the European Investment Bank in Luxemburg, carbon project manager with Ecosecurities in Malaysia and as investment specialist with Mitsui trading house in Japan. He has been based in Asia for the last 18 years.

He has an MSc in Environmental Change and Management from Oxford University.

With more than 15 years in the carbon markets he has seen the ups and downs but remains an optimist. From inspecting wind farms at 4,200m altitude in Yunnan, China to auditing a small hydro in North Korea and consulting a geothermal plant in Papua New Guinea, it’s the hard work of the people working in the field that inspires him.