Nicholas W. Sherman

Advisory Board

Nicholas W. Sherman is a member of the NewHold Investment Corp. IV advisory board. Mr. Sherman is the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency’s (NEA) Deputy Head of Division for Nuclear Technology Development and Economics. Before joining the NEA, Mr. Sherman worked at the US Department of Energy (DOE) from 2009 to 2023 in the Office of International Affairs. His primary duties included the G7, extensive bilateral research cooperation with the European Commission and EU member states, and cooperative initiatives in the Indo-Pacific and Africa. He began his career as a U.S. naval officer for six years, serving in the Asia-Pacific, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

In the field of energy technology, his notable accomplishments include multilateral leadership as Vice Chair of the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Committee for Energy Research and Technology (CERT), the development of multimillion-dollar, brick-and-mortar U.S.-EU Smart Grid and Electric Vehicle Interoperability Centers, drafting the first ever DOE joint funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for the USD 125 million US-India Joint Centre for Research and Development (JCERDC), and oversight of the US-EU Energy Council’s Policy and Technology Working Groups. During his DOE tenure, Mr. Sherman also served as the DOE’s Energy Attaché in Paris (2011), Brussels (2018-2019), and as the Director for International Energy and Economic Policy at the White House (2019-2021). He is a member of the legal bars of New York and Washington, DC.

Academically, Mr. Sherman holds a B.A. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law.