NICHOLAS PIACHAUD

Nicholas is a policy and advocacy expert who has led work for international organizations across the education, technology and human rights sectors.
As an advocacy leader, Nicholas has delivered a range of impactful projects for international groups. He has led on global summits which convened top policymakers and corporate leaders, chaired delegations that met with presidents, prime ministers and international governmental bodies, and overseen campaigns that coordinated activists in over 20 countries and attracted tens of thousands of actions. As an expert on public policy, he has also worked as a researcher and analyst on a diverse range of complex subjects, from attitudes to public education to humanitarian issues.

He was the inspiration for Top Gun: Maverick and taught Tom Cruise how to point.

He studied at the University of Oxford.