Nuclear governance
Nucleoeléctrica
Board president · 2025–2026
During my board presidency, I signed the 17 November 2025 Candu Energy memorandum, establishing a framework for international nuclear services.
The Candu agreementPhysicist. Economist. Entrepreneur.
Demian Reidel.
Bringing energy and technology together to build a better future.
I bring scientific training, investment judgment and nuclear board experience to decisions about technology, energy supply and major capital commitments.
Minimum
Viable Scale
Extinction and Escape under Increasing Returns
Survival alone does not make a venture investable. Our paper separates three questions about capital, returns and growth.
- Can capital sustain itself?
- Can it meet the required return?
- When is expansion the optimal path?
Original manuscript · 30 pages
A conversation between science and economics.Research since 1994
The personal collection
A curious life.
French fries in a vacuum chamber. Superheroes off duty. And Sherlock at the piano.
Selected work.
Nuclear energy, global markets and the institutions that connect them.
Global investment
QFR
Cofounder & principal portfolio manager
2007–2012
At QFR, we bought credit protection before the financial crisis and changed positioning when markets reversed in 2009. My conversation with Guillermo Laborda explains both decisions.
US$3bn+
Investment and judgmentHistorical firm assets during my tenure
What I am building now
Siderian
Founding stage · 2026
I’m building Siderian to bring buyers, suppliers and capital together for a continuing programme of nuclear construction.
Correspondence
Get in touch.
For board appointments and substantial energy or technology projects where scientific understanding, capital allocation and institutional judgment matter.
demian@demianreidel.com Organization · Opportunity · Proposed role