Background
Its founder, Erwan le Saint, has a dual background in engineering and economics. He has an academic and a professional background in both fields, having worked as an engineer in design offices and as an economist in strategy consulting firms. That is where comes from his interest in mixing the two disciplines through economic modelling.
He has been particularly focused on energy and climate issues but has also designed models for other sectors, such as the health sector.
In 2017, in his research thesis, he has correctly predicted the economic downturn of the European economy resulting from its increasing energy dependence. This work was also giving alarm of loss of competitiveness, particularly in comparison with the US economy, and was proposing a massive deployment of offshore wind turbines in the North Sea to mitigate these risks.
The related summary of this thesis was later published on LinkedIn in 2019 here.
Professional background
Since 2022
- Self-employed since 2022. Economic modelling for international institutions, consulting companies and industrials.
- Creation of the brand TXEM Analytics in 2024, development and selling of products based on economic modelling, such as towards climate risks.
2017-2021
- Economist and engineer, energy and climate (e.g., BDO/Le Bipe).
Strategic consulting based on economic modelling, using the R programming language, for issues related to energy, transport, powertrains, electricity grids, public policies or macroeconomics outlooks.
2012-2016
- Offshore structural calculation engineer (e.g., Technip).
Dong Project: site construction for the exploitation of an oil field off the Danish coast, North Sea.
Yamal Project: site construction for the exploitation of a gas field, built on permafrost with offshore technologies, Siberia.
Academic background
2017 – Université Paris-Dauphine (PSL University), Paris, France – Economics and Financial Engineering
- Research master’s degree in economics and financial engineering, EFC – Energy Finance Carbon.
- Research master thesis in energy economics towards the deployment of offshore wind turbines in the North Sea and giving alarm of increasing energy dependence in Europe leading to future economic competitiveness losses.
2011-2012 – Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City, Mexico – Engineering and Economics
- Academic exchange – Macroeconomics, mechanical engineering and power electronics.
- Master thesis towards the design of the power electronics necessary to connect a wind farm to the Mexican power grid.
2012 – Junia HEI, Lille, France – Engineering
- Master’s degree in general engineering.
- Additional specialization in mechanical engineering.
