CEOShift
Nick is founder and CEO at Shift Design, a UK non-profit that takes a collective approach to reducing inequality.
Shift brings research, design and communications skills together to work closely with people and communities affected by issues such as mental illness, unmanageable debt, inadequate housing and poor childhood development. The team strives to work equitably, ensure strong shared value for those they work with and hand over the design reigns to communities.
Nick and his team work internationally, with a focus in the UK and USA, and have had long-term partnerships with teams at Google, the Government of Columbia, x - The Moonshot Factory, Guy’s & St Thomas’ Charity, NSPCC and Stanford University. They have also spun a series of new ventures out of Shift, such as the mental health gaming start-up BfB Labs, the community heritage platform Historypin, healthy fast food brands Box Chicken and Mama Leys, NOLA based equity non-profit Shift Collective and the field building Relationships Project.
Before founding Shift in 2012, Nick worked as a community and youth worker in the UK and campaigner and fundraiser for organisations such as Anti-Slavery International and children's disability charity Kids.
Nick holds several Board positions for non-profits in the UK and USA and speaks regularly around the world, including to audiences at TEDx events, Columbia University, the V&A Museum and Google.