Mathieu Bazaud is a French engineer focusing on the decarbonisation of industrial value chains and the global economic system. Trained in energy engineering and international project management, he has spent more than ten years at the interface of technology, policy and business—working on district-heating projects, helicopter development, supply-chain optimisation, EU-funded circular-economy initiatives, and, most recently, regional net-zero road-maps. In 2024 he founded The Carbon Compass, an independent platform analysing how climate imperatives and shifting geopolitics reshape energy trade and the configuration of global value chains and economics.
At KLU, Mathieu’s PhD, supervised by Prof. Gordon Wilmsmeier and Prof. Hanno Friedrich, investigates “Low- and Zero-Emission Fuels Port Geographies” within the MSCA-DN POTENT network, developing decision-support tools that link port location factors, low- and zero-emission fuels supply chains and global power realignments. He is passionate about research that bridges academia, industry and policy.
