Bernard Nicolay is passionate about finance and education, and committed to lecturing, advising, and investing for sustainable value. He serves as Adjunct Finance Professor at Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (ULB), Guest Lecturer at Université Paris Dauphine-PSL and at Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (Cnam). His main topics of interest include sustainable finance, innovation in finance and emerging use cases relating to blockchain, web3 and decentralised finance. Bernard is also a Senior Advisor open for interim management, advisory, and independent director assignments, capitalising on 25+ years’ experience as senior banking and insurance executive with BNP Paribas, Axa, Credit Suisse and Arthur D. Little. He is a seed investor and advisor to scaleups and start-ups, including several fintech companies, mainly on strategy, finance and partnerships.
