Nicola is an executive director of Yellowwoods Holdings, a private investment group. Since 2010, she has led the group’s efforts to drive positive social and environmental impact through, and with, its portfolio of businesses that include financial services (e.g. Hollard Insurance); restaurants (e.g. Nando’s) and eco-tourism (e.g. &Beyond) businesses. Nicola also manages Yellowwoods’ innovative social financing and grantmaking. She is a McNulty Prize awardee for her work in the Aspen Global Leadership Network, and most recently the World Economic Forum Schwab Foundation 2020 – Corporate Social Intrapreneur award, for her work in driving social innovation through corporate business. Nicola was a member of the Ministerial Task Team on Post School Education and Skills in the context of 4IR, and the Presidential Youth Employment Initiative leading multi-sector interventions to foster a more inclusive labour market, digital skilling, job creation and entrepreneurship or over three million unemployed youth.
