Nicholas Flanders

Nicholas Flanders is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Twelve. He has dedicated his career to uncovering and developing energy innovations to address the climate crisis. Before launching Twelve, Nicholas was the Chief Operating Officer of Levo, a venture-backed technology startup, and a business analyst at McKinsey, where he co-authored groundbreaking studies of the global energy system. In 2016, Nicholas was named an Echoing Green climate fellow and selected for the Forbes “30 Under 30” list for the energy sector. He graduated from Cornell with a BA in mathematics and he holds an MS in engineering and an MBA from Stanford University.

About Twelve

Twelve is on a mission to eliminate global emissions and build a fossil-free future by transforming carbon dioxide into essential products through the power of electrochemistry. The company’s breakthrough Opus Carbon Transformation System works like photosynthesis, converting carbon dioxide, water, and renewable energy into hydrocarbons—the building blocks for chemicals, materials, and fuels. Through this process, Twelve reduces emissions from products and supply chains, decreasing the use of fossil fuels in thousands of industrial and everyday products.