Nicolas Pocard is a graduate engineer from Ecole de Chimie Organique et Minerale (ESCOM) in Paris and holds a Master of Science Degree in chemistry from the Ohio State University (USA). He held various management positions in sales, business development and marketing with several high-tech companies in Europe and Asia. Nicolas Pocard joined the fuel cell industry in 2004 and Ballard Power Systems in 2012. Among his responsibilities, Nicolas looks after corporate market strategy, marketing activities, government relations and strategic partnerships for Ballard. Nicolas Pocard is member of the Boards of the Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association (CHFCA) and of the Canadian Urban Transit Research & Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC). He is also Ballard representative on the Board of Directors of Forsee Power.