Nick Hill is Co-Founder and CEO of Coast 4C, an impact-driven regenerative seaweed supply chain platform working with thousands of smallholder farmers in the Philippines to deliver responsibly sourced seaweed to global markets.

Nick holds a PhD in seaweed farming and fishing livelihoods from Imperial College London and the Zoological Society of London, and began his conservation career as a field biologist in northern Mozambique.

With two decades of experience in sustainable enterprises for coastal communities, Nick co-founded Net-Works, an award-winning collaboration between ZSL and Interface, which served as the direct precursor to Coast 4C.

Nick co-founded Coast 4C in 2020 alongside Amado Blanco, officially spinning the venture out of ZSL in 2022, and has since secured a EUR 2.1M seed round led by Hatch Blue's Blues Revolution Fund with co-investors including Conservation International Ventures and Minderoo Foundation.

Coast 4C's GROW program has delivered a fourfold yield increase and 25% improvement in crop quality for partner farmers, and the company was named a 2024 Earthshot Prize Finalist for its ocean and community restoration model.