Bio
Nicki has a wealth of experience in Innovation and leads the Innovation solution area globally for Kantar (the world’s leading marketing data and analytics business). She has worked for Kantar for 8 years and is our key Innovation expert and thought leader in all things Innovation., alongside specialisms in FMCG, sustainability and behavioural science.
Nicki ensures that Kantar’s innovation teams are indispensable brand partners to their clients and oversees the development of the innovation solution strategy and expertise development across the insights business.
Nicki has previously worked at Unilever in Consumer Insights teams in both R&D and Marketing for over 13 years working brands like Persil and Cif. Nicki also set up their ‘Innovation Garage’ which looked an entrepreneurial approaches to innovating differently across the Innovation funnel.
With a PhD in behavioural science and post docs in Design thinking Nicki brings a unique academic background to her innovation role.
Nicki’s mission is to ensure that our clients can identify, develop and launch innovations in new meaningfully different spaces and is a sparring partner in Innovation to our top global clients.