Biography
“Nellie tackles NPD in an enthusiastic way, encouraging those around her to be brave and to think outside the box, delivering truly innovative results.”
SANDRA ZILES, Head of Product, Marks & Spencer
Nellie Nichols biography
This is a short biography of Nellie Nichols, should you require further information regarding a more detailed career history and list of achievements please contact me directly.
Skills and Abilities
- Innovative approach to the development of products to exceed customer expectations.
- Adept at identifying and developing new food ingredients and concepts with a faultless ability to transform them into commercially viable products.
- Ability to design and develop products to meet any eating requirements, including vegetarian, vegan, gluten and sugar free.
- Leadership qualities that engender team sprit and generate unity of purpose and energy to achieve goals.
- Commercially astute ensuring food and product development meet all stakeholder requirements.
- Ability to develop and monitor key client relationships across a variety of organisations, including retail, airline and food industries.
- Excellent communication, both written and oral, dealing with people at all levels both in a one-to-one and group situation.
- Driven to achieve excellent standards and market leader status.
Read Nellie’s Lifetime Interview: Coronation of the Sandwich Queen, when she was awarded The British Sandwich Industry Award (The Sammies) for 2009.
Career History
Leathams Plc
Pret a Manger
Hazlewoods (now Greencore)
Pret a Manger (second time)
Nichols NPD (current own consultancy)
Photographs
Each of the following photographs is high-resolution and available for use in print publications.
Click on one of the small photos to view and download the large version. These images are about 2Mb each.
