Welcoming Julien Dufour as Senior Partner and Board Member at VURDHAAN
VURDHAAN is pleased to welcome Julien Dufour as Senior Partner and Board Member. His appointment strengthens our capacity to support clients navigating the real-world complexity of transport decarbonisation, sustainability strategy, regulatory compliance, and global policy change.
Julien brings 25 years of international experience across environmental auditing, sustainability, and corporate strategy, with work spanning more than 70 countries.
A proven builder in aviation and maritime sustainability
Julien is best known as the founder of Normec Verifavia, an environmental auditing organisation specialising in greenhouse gas emissions verification for the aviation and maritime sectors. Under his leadership, the organisation scaled into a truly global platform, serving clients in over 120 countries.
Key highlights from his track record include:
- Building an independent emissions verification platform serving more than 500 airlines worldwide
- Expanding maritime verification services to 1,000+ ships globally
- Driving continuous improvements in verification tools, methodologies and sustainability assessment frameworks
- Speaking at 50+ international conferences on aviation and maritime sustainability
In 2022, Julien transitioned from executive management while continuing to serve as a board member.
Convening the conversation in aviation sustainability
Julien is also a co-founder of Aviation Carbon, a global conference series on sustainability in aviation, hosted annually at London Heathrow since 2012.
Over time, Aviation Carbon has become a key international forum for dialogue and collaboration. Past events have brought together 500+ participants from 60+ countries, including representatives from 120+ airlines and business jet operators, alongside regulators, policymakers, and carbon market experts.
Broader leadership across humanitarian action and geopolitics
More recently, Julien has dedicated part of his leadership to humanitarian action, geopolitics, and peacebuilding. He is President of Frontlines for Peace, supporting independent field missions and initiatives aimed at saving lives and building peace in conflict-affected regions.
What Julien’s appointment means for VURDHAAN
As Senior Partner and Board Member, Julien will support VURDHAAN in three key areas:
1. Practical, implementation-ready expertise
His background in aviation and maritime GHG verification brings a rigorous, evidence-based approach, ensuring recommendations are measurable, audit-ready, and grounded in operational realities.
2. Strong insight into regulation and carbon markets
Through his role as co-founder of Aviation Carbon, Julien offers first-hand understanding of evolving policy frameworks, compliance requirements, and market dynamics affecting transport decarbonisation.
3. Global perspective and convening power
With experience across more than 70 countries, Julien enhances VURDHAAN’s international reach, partnerships, and thought leadership, while bringing a grounded view of risk and resilience in a changing global environment.
We are delighted to welcome Julien to VURDHAAN, and look forward to the work ahead.