Date of Appointment
1 September 2013 (Chairman 26 March 2014)

Skills and Experience
Nicola has over 40 years’ investment experience and was a director and co-founder of PiRho Investment Consulting, which focused on bespoke investment advice to a wide range of institutional funds. She previously spent over 20 years in fund management at Schroders and was formerly head of global investment consulting at Hewitt (now Aon).

External Appointments
Nicola is a director of Centrica Combined Common Investment Fund Limited, a member of King Edward VI Foundation Birmingham’s investment committee and a trustee of the Institute of Historical Research Trust. She was chair of the investment committee of the British Heart Foundation, a governor of the CFA Institute and a director of The Edinburgh Investment Trust plc.