With a double degree in biotechnology and business management, Romain is equally known for his sailing skills and participations in the America’s Cup in 2000 and 2003. From 2003 to 2006, he specialized in polar logistics in the Arctic, Antarctic and in Siberia, involved in the organisation of sports and scientific expeditions at the poles, but also in the discovery of frozen mammoths in Siberia. He is the Executive Director of the Tara Ocean Foundation since 2006. Romain is also President of the Ocean&Climate Platform.