Nicola is an ex-Banker turned entrepreneur. Nicola has over 13-years of experience from the world of banking and finance. She has travelled the world in a variety of roles within financial services, including corporate finance, transaction banking and relationship management, culminating in two senior staff roles, firstly within Emerging Markets and, lastly, within Risk at Citi.  Nicola has lived, first-hand, numerous of the cultural and structural obstacles that face women in male-dominated fields, such as commercial and investment banking.

During her time in the Citi of London, Nicola co-chaired a Retention & Development Committee for Women in the UK which developed the “Coaching for Success” programme that won external recognition from the Women of the Future Awards. She has devised and actively supported a multitude of Diversity initiatives, only to see the initiatives as “window-dressing”; not changing the underlying issues around stereotyping and structural bias. She is keen to make change happen in the corporate arena, to reduce the stereotyping she has witnessed and redress female bias for the benefit of improved business and, most importantly, for the personal and professional empowerment of women.

Nicola has two children under three years old. In her limited spare time she enjoys cooking, dancing and fine dining.