Nicolas joined Forward Global as Group Chief Financial & Development Officer in August 2026. He brings over 20 years of experience in finance transformation, scaling organisations and external growth across borders, with more than 30 M&A transactions completed in Europe and the Americas. He holds an MBA from HEC Paris, a Master’s degree in Engineering from École Centrale Marseille and a Master’s in Communication Systems from the University of Wales.
He started his career in internal audit and financial control at Louis Dreyfus, then held finance roles at the Parex Group in Paris and London. In 2009 he moved to Los Angeles, the start of 14 years in the United States leading the Americas operations of French groups. As CFO Americas of Parex, then owned by private equity firm CVC, he oversaw 10 countries and $400 million in revenue, and led the vendor due diligence and the sale to Sika.
From 2019 to 2024, he was Regional CFO Americas and Group Reporting Director at Eurofins, a €7 billion CAC 40 company. He oversaw a €2.5 billion region with 17,000 employees, set up a Shared Service Center in Costa Rica and led 32 M&A transactions in 2022. Before joining Forward Global, he was Group CFO of the Mail division at Quadient in Boston, a €1 billion SBF 120 company, where he managed $800 million in revenue.
He also sits on the Board of the French American Chamber of Commerce of New England.