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Thomas Leurent
Thomas Leurent has been an angel investor for over a decade, investing in early-stage deep tech companies that have become leaders in their fields. He led Akselos from inception to becoming a trusted digital transformation partner for some of the world's largest energy companies, protecting their most complex and critical assets. Leurent advocates for deep tech's role in the energy transition in multiple stakeholder groups, including the CEO network of the World Energy Council, GWEC Board and World Economic Forum as a 2020 Technology Pioneer. He is a former US Department of Energy scientist and investment banker, MIT and EPFL alumnus, mechanical engineer and part-time mountaineer.
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