Following graduation from the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland) with an MSc in Hydrogeology and Geothermics, François joined DEME group in 2014. After a year as an on-site project engineer, he joined the Research & Development department in DEME’s head office. Currently an environment engineer, he is also involved in wave data acquisition systems and operational workability assessments for different projects. With his team and BMT Argoss, François is developing tools to assist the crew and project teams when working in exposed conditions. He is a member of the Ecosystem Restoration Camps Foundation’s supervisory board, an organisation applying cooperative efforts for the ecological restoration of degraded lands.