About

I help leaders of organisations by augmenting their teams to provide dedicated project management skills for the necessary duration to implement their strategies.

Nicola has been an outstanding strategic partner to work with. She has a rare ability to step back, see the bigger picture, and then translate that vision into clear, confident strategy that actually moves things forward.

Her decision-making is thoughtful and methodical, always balancing ambition with pragmatism, which brings real clarity in moments that matter.

She is exceptionally strong at managing risk, complexity, and change.

Whether navigating evolving priorities or guiding projects through uncertainty, Nicola brings calm, structure, and momentum. You always feel that challenges are being handled, not just discussed.

What really sets Nicola apart is how collaborative she is. She elevates the people around her, creates genuine teamwork, and builds trust quickly. Working with her feels like being part of a joined-up team rather than a consultant-client relationship.

- Jamie Mills, Managing Director, Signature Build Group Ltd

Client Testimonial

Professionally qualified in both consultancy and project management with experience across system integration, growth, project trouble-shooting, change management, governance and sustainability.

I have an enduring personal commitment to pursuing professional competency and development skills.

I bring a breadth of experience to each engagement, having worked across my career within large multi-nationals, with community fundraising teams, volunteered tutoring disadvantaged women, guiding trustees and developing my own small business.

Projects have spanned the London 2012 Olympics ticketing technology, Europe-wide operational standardisation, non-profit governance and strategy, to commercial and residential construction.

Skills

. Board-level advisor and facilitator

Commercial acumen, governance, sustainability, and organisation design.

. Seasoned project manager

Strategic planning and execution incorporating communication, analysis and problem solving, change management, strategic planning, skills transfer and mentorship, risk management, and business transformation.

. Experienced team leader

Leadership, decision-making, emotional intelligence, collaboration and team building.

Qualifications

. Quality in Construction, Construction Ethics and Compliance, Sustainable Construction and Development, and Mental Health in Construction.

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), 2022/3

. CMI Professional Consulting (level 7)

Chartered Management Institute, 2020

. PRINCE2 Practitioner

(Project Management) 2019

. Alternative Dispute Resolution

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, 2019

. APM Project Professional PPQ

Association for Project Management, 2005

Nicola facilitates our quarterly strategy days and workshops. She is always thoroughly prepared and professional for each session, but her real skill set is facilitating a group of very diverse individuals, with differing agendas, in an open manner and yet still being able to bring them together to produce a coherent and productive outcome.

She operates in a calm, confident, independent manner, promoting progress where sometimes there can be intransigence.

She is very skilled in helping groups achieve outcomes and with assisting in strategising and change management.

I would wholeheartedly recommend Nicola as a Chair or Facilitator to any organisation.

- Jonathan Miller, Oxfordshire Community Land Trust Development Director and board member