Board of Directors | Nuvve Holding Corp.

Jon Montgomery serves as Board Chair and has been a member of the Company’s Board of Directors since 2021. He also serves as Chair of the Nominating & Governance Committee and as a member of the Audit and Compensation Committees. He brings public-company governance experience across Nasdaq-listed emerging-growth companies. His board work has included oversight of capital-markets transactions, capital-structure actions, exchange-compliance matters, auditor selection, and special-committee oversight. He has operated within both independent-chair and founder-led governance structures and emphasizes disciplined oversight, clear accountability, and alignment with long-term shareholder interests in evolving public-company environments.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Montgomery held senior roles in marketing and strategic development, providing commercial and market-facing perspective to his board service. He also serves as a director of Nature’s Miracle Holding Inc. He holds an M.B.A. from Northeastern University and a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley.

Laura Huang is a Distinguished Professor of Management and Organizational Development at Northeastern University, where she also serves as Associate Dean of Executive Education. Previously, she held faculty positions at Harvard Business School and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Huang brings over two decades of combined experience in academia and industry, with deep expertise in organizational transformation, strategic growth, and risk management. Her research on decision-making, human judgment, and innovation has been recognized by the National Academy of Sciences and Thinkers50, and she advises companies on topics including M&A strategy, AI adoption, and global expansion. Prior to her academic career, Professor Huang held roles at Standard Chartered Bank, IBM Global Services, and Johnson & Johnson, leading initiatives in technology strategy, financial services, and product development. She has served on advisory boards and supervisory boards including Uber’s Diversity Advisory Council, Wharton Alumni Angels, and Women 2.0, with committee experience spanning audit, compensation, and strategic oversight. Professor Huang holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine, an MBA from INSEAD, and dual BSE degrees in Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering from Duke University.

Professor H. David Sherman has been a professor at Northeastern University since 1985, specializing in, among other areas, financial and management accounting, global financial statement analysis and contemporary accounting issues. Professor Sherman has served as Trustee and Chair of Finance Committee for American Academy of Dramatic Arts, the oldest English language acting school in the world, since January 2014, and as Board member and Treasurer for D-Tree International, a non-profit organization that develops and supports electronic clinical protocols to enable health care workers worldwide to deliver high quality care since July 2010. Professor Sherman served on the board and as audit committee chair for Dunxin Financial Holdings Ltd. (AMEX: DXF) from January 2018 to August 2019, Kingold Jewelry Inc. (NASDAQ: KGJI) from February 2011 to May 2016, China HGS Real Estate Inc. (NASDAQ: HGSH) from January 2010 to August 2012, Agfeed Corporation from January 2012 to November 2014, and China Growth Alliance, Ltd., a business acquisition company formed to acquire an operating business in China, from 2007 through 2008. Professor Sherman was previously on the faculty of the Sloan School of Management at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and also, among other academic appointments, held an adjunct professorship at Tufts Medical School and was a visiting professor at Harvard Business School (2015). From 2004 to 2005, Professor Sherman was an Academic Fellow at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in the Division of Corporate Finance’s Office of Chief Accountant. Professor Sherman received his A.B. in Economics from Brandeis University and both an MBA and doctoral degrees from Harvard Business School. He is a Certified Public Accountant and previously practiced with Coopers & Lybrand. Professor Sherman’s research has been published in management and academic journals including Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Accounting Review and European Journal of Operations Research.

Brian Johnson is a former managing director and senior equity analyst who led U.S. Autos and Auto Parts coverage at Barclays from 2008 to 2022, where his influential research on electric vehicles, autonomous technology, and mobility megatrends earned him repeated Institutional Investor recognition. Prior to that, he held senior equity research roles at Lehman Brothers (2006–2008) and Sanford C. Bernstein (2003–2006), covering the global automotive sector. Prior to Wall Street, Mr. Johnson was a partner at McKinsey & Company (1984-1996), advising leading banks, insurers, and asset managers on strategy, M&A, and digital innovation. He continued this work as a partner at Accenture (1996–2003), where he led financial services strategy and digital marketing initiatives. Mr. Johnson earned a B.S., with honors, in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University and a J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School. He has served on civic and cultural boards in the Chicago area. Mr. Johnson is a retired member of the Illinois State Bar.

Gregory Poilasne is a co-founder of Nuvve and has served as its Chief Executive Officer since its inception. He is directly responsible for managing and overseeing all different activities related to the successful development, deployment and commercialization of Nuvve’s technologies, as well as developing and supporting the overall strategy. Since February 2019, he also has served as a board member of Dreev, a business venture between EDF and Nuvve. Mr. Poilasne has more than 20 years of experience in the start-up and technology space. He was Chief Executive Officer of DockOn AG, a Radio-Frequency technology company from February 2011 to January 2016. He was also Vice-President of Business Development of Rayspan, another Radio-Frequency technology company, from 2007 to 2010. Mr. Poilasne was Director of Engineering at Kyocera Wireless, a handset company from 2003 to 2006 and was a founding engineer and director of engineering at Ethertronics, a wireless antenna company, from 2000 to 2003. Mr. Poilasne holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rennes 1, France and a Diplome d’ingenieur from the Ecole Superieur d’Electronique de l’Ouest (ESEO), France.

Ted Smith is Nuvve’s founding investor, has served as a member of its board of directors since 2010, and as its Chief Operating Officer since April 2018. Mr. Smith is directly responsible for managing the successful development, deployment and operation of Nuvve’s technologies, as well as supporting the company’s global governance efforts. He is also serves as a board member of Levo Mobility, and as a board observer of Switch. Mr. Smith previously served as Nuvve’s Chief Administrative Officer from March 2017 until becoming Chief Operating Officer. He also previously served as a board member of Dreev, a business venture between EDF and Nuvve, in 2019. Mr. Smith has more than 20 years of experience in the finance industry and previously served in various roles at Wall Street Associates, a San Diego-based investment advisory firm, including Principal, Chief Operating Officer from 2007 to January 2017, Chief Compliance Officer from 2003 to January 2017, and Quantitative Analyst from 1999 to 2003. From 1996 to 1999, Mr. Smith also served as Quantitative Analyst at Nicholas-Applegate Capital Management, a San Diego-based investment advisory firm. Mr. Smith also served as an officer in the United States Navy from 1989 to 1996. Mr. Smith holds a MBA from the University of San Diego and a Bachelor of Science in Marine Engineering/Technology from Maine Maritime Academy. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder, earned the Investment Adviser Association’s Chartered Investment Counselor certification and the NACD certificate in Cyber Risk Oversight, and is NACD Directorship Certified®.