Nick is a past Royal Society University Research Fellow and Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge. A refrigeration engineer then geologist by training, with a DSc from the University of Liverpool, Nick has worked in industry and on academic and commercial research projects throughout the world.
He has held visiting appointments at the Universities of Michigan and Vermont and NASA and is currently visiting professor at Macquarie University, Sydney, and Durham University, UK. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School. Nick has championed social enterprise and social entrepreneurship across the UK university sector and beyond. Partners include Social Enterprise UK, Big Society Capital, Berenberg, the Social Economy Alliance and UnLtd, the foundation for social entrepreneurs.
Nick has worked with the UK Cabinet Office to promote social value in procurement. Overseas activity related to sustainability includes collaborations with the British Council in South Korea and India, and AshokaU in the USA. Nick is currently working as a consultant to the renewable energy sector advising on sustainable, low carbon heating options.