Mikaël was born in 1980 in Normandy, France. He graduated from Ecole Polytechnique in Project & Innovation Management. All his career was oriented towards developing innovative products. First, in the automotive industry where he contributed to the design and industrialisation of the first low-cost international hatch model of Renault, and the first affordable EV car. From 2015, he joined SATT Paris-Saclay to fund R&D projects based on Academic research results and manage the IP and technology transfer to industrial companies or start-ups.