Nicolas de Bouville has a background in international and European law. He studied at the University of Amsterdam, from which he holds a Master's degree in international and European Law and at Nanterre University, from which he holds a Master's degree in technology and information society law.

Nicolas started his career at the French data protection authority, the CNIL, in the international and European affairs department. In this role, he dealt with a variety of topics related to data protection, including international data transfers and the negotiations of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

In 2017, Nicolas joined Meta, where he is currently in the Privacy Policy team. He is actively following the developments of the EU AI Act.