Location New York, New York, United States Regions Greater New York Area, East Coast, Northeastern US Gender Male
Dave Nichols has over 14 years of experience in entrepreneurial and start up businesses. As co-founder and managing director of Pangea Capital Partners, Dave built a portfolio of carbon emissions projects in China, South Africa and Indonesia. Mr. Nichols also understands the importance of executing day to day operations to ensure the success of new
companies. At Pangea, he managed 30 projects through the United Nations registration process and oversaw the monthly monitoring and verification of the emissions reductions of the projects.
Dave is the co-founder and managing director of Pangea Capital Partners. He is responsible for building Pangea’s global business presence in the environmental sector and manages its carbon emissions trading business. He has in-depth knowledge of project finance, carbon emissions, environmental policy, commodities sales and trading, and principal investing. At Pangea, Mr. Nichols expanded and operated the business in developing markets including China, Indonesia, and South Africa. He develops and executes projects in many sectors such as renewable energy, energy efficiency and water mitigation. At Pangea, Dave is directly responsible for the origination and development of over 30 carbon emissions reduction projects under the Kyoto Protocol CDM Mechanism.
Mr. Nichols also has a strong track record of successfully negotiating contracts in developing markets. In China he successfully signed and developed over 30 CDM projects with counterparties ranging from small private Chinese companies to large state owned enterprises. In 2009 Mr. Nichols joined Deegon Inc. where he originated and negotiated large physical commodities
transactions in both the oil and coal markets with leading Chinese companies including Norinco and Sinochem. Dave successful brokered a $50 million fuel oil deal with a Top 25 company in China. At Deegon, Dave had the additional responsibility of managing logistical aspects of the commodity deliveries. Also at Pangea Capital Partners Mr. Nichols lead successful project finance group. Raising capital for projects in China and other developing countries.
Dave has valuable experience in emerging markets and has built a global presence in the environmental markets sector, including Asia, Latin America, Africa and the U.S. He has extensive knowledge in investment management, corporate finance, foreign exchange markets and business operations. Prior to Pangea Capital Partners, Dave was President of MTD, Inc. a developer of medical imaging technology. Dave earned an MBA with distinction from Columbia University and a BS in Environmental Science from University of Delaware.
