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Matthieu Leroy

Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) As A Service

€1,200/day
Brussel, BE
15+ years

Average response time: 1 hour

About Matthieu

“More sustainable” is only a baseline.
Regeneration — from within — is what ultimately transforms people, organizations, and our planet. 🌱⚡

Visionary and purpose-driven leader with 17+ years of international experience in sustainability, circular economy, and regenerative business — including a decade at Inter IKEA Systems shaping global strategies and delivering measurable CO₂ reductions. I bring together strategic foresight, creative innovation, and the ability to mobilize diverse leaders around bold sustainability and regeneration goals.

For over 20 years, I’ve explored the intersection of business, nature, and human transformation:
🌍 At IKEA, I cut the carbon footprint of the world’s largest print run by 30% in 3 years and made it 100% FSC-certified ahead of schedule.
🔄 With Strata, I pioneered circular business models.
🌱 With Collectif Élémentaire, I co-designed regenerative retreats for inner and collective development.
⚡ Today, I support organizations in delivering decarbonization roadmaps and regenerative strategies that move beyond sustainability, integrating people, planet, and profit.

✨ One insight has always stayed with me: Culture doesn’t change just through strategies or tactics. People want experiences that regenerate — themselves, their organizations, and the planet.

With a proven track record of turning vision into execution, I am committed to guiding authentic leaders and communities into the next economy: robust, regenerative, and authentically human-centered.

🎓 MSc in Geography & Earth Science, trained by:
🌟 Al Gore (Climate Reality)
🌟 Jean-Pascal van Ypersele (former IPCC Vice-Chair)
🌟 Eric Lambin (Stanford/UCLouvain, Chief Scientific Advisor to the European Commission)
🌟 Arthur Keller (systemic risk specialist)
🌟 Olivier Hamant (author of The Robust Enterprise)
  • French

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • RegenOasis
    Founder & Managing Director
    July 2025 - Today (11 months)
    Villers-la-Ville, BW, Belgium
    What we do:
    • • Regenerative transition design & delivery (vision → strategy → portfolio → programs/projects)
    • • Regenerative leadership capability building
    • • Governance, roadmaps and execution support for complex transformations
    • • Co-design of regenerative hospitality / retreat experiences
  • NQR Cooperative
    Co-founder & investor
    April 2024 - Today (2 years and 2 months)
    Villers-la-Ville, BW, Belgium
    ☀✨ With this new COOP, I'm proud to contribute to the regenerative agriculture movement, and you can be part of it too! We're seeking additional investments to grow our impact: https://nqr.coop/
    ✨RegenerativeAgriculture ✨Sustainability ✨ClimateAction ✨Biodiversity ✨SoilHealth ✨OrganicFarming ✨ImpactInvesting ✨GreenEconomy ✨AgricultureInnovation
  • SunriseHQ
    Founder
    CONSULTING AND AUDITS
    July 2017 - Today (8 years and 11 months)
    Bruxelles, Belgium
    At SunriseHQ, we accelerate the transition to a circular & regenerative culture 🌱.

    How? By giving keynotes, coaching executives and designing exponential organisations (ExO) startups with new business models fit for a regenerative economy.
    Circular economy Regenerative culture design Sustainability innovation

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Education

  • MSc, Geography & Earth Sciences
    UCLouvain
    2007
    GIS and remote sensing thesis, using satellite imagery to study humans' impacts on the ecosystem. • Supervisor: Eric F. Lambin, Stanford University (School of Earth Sciences, Woods Institute for the Environment) • Lector: Jean-Pascal van Ypersele, Vice-chair at Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC-GIEC), www.climate.be

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