Nico serves as a Managing Director at Canaccord Genuity, following its acquisition of CRC-IB, with over 10 years of experience in advisory and transaction management across utility scale, distributed generation, and residential energy assets. Specializing in tax credit, project finance, and structured finance for the sustainable energy sector, Nico has successfully raised over $7 billion to date.
Prior to CRC-IB, Nico served as Executive Director in J.P. Morgan’s Energy Investments division, where he structured tax equity investments in 17 wind projects, 26 solar projects, and over 37,000 residential solar systems totaling 3,334 MW of capacity. He also led J.P. Morgan’s first investment in utility-scale energy storage. Nico began his career in syndicated and leveraged finance at Credit Agricole CIB.
Nico is a CFA charter holder and holds Master’s in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science from the European Engineering School of Chemistry, Polymers, and Materials Science in Strasbourg, France, as well as a Master’s in Strategy and Management of International Business from ESSEC Business School in Paris, France.