Nicci Stewart

Nicci is passionate about changing the way people see the world.

She works with her clients to help them incorporate their sustainability practices into their organisations and brand equity. This process starts with internal stakeholders; attracting and retaining value-aligned talent. Then moves outwards to clients and potential clients.

She has 25 years’ experience in communications and brand building, 15 of which were spent focusing on integrated and sustainability reporting and business strategy and growth.

Nicci hosts a podcast called Nicci Chats to... a platform that gives women the opportunity to share their views and change people's perspectives and broaden their horizons by giving them new insights into different topics. I interview different women who have interesting ideas to share.

As a keynote speaker and strategist, she aims to share different insights gained from the work she has done and the people she meets.

Keynote topics include:

• A curious foundation - why curiosity should be considered a leadership fundamental

• Virtually being human - humanity in a world of machine learning and AI

• Future brands - the brand value of sustainability practices

• The Future is Diverse – why businesses need different voices and how to find yours

• Leading in the layers – leading and growing businesses in complex environments

Nicci holds two diplomas in marketing and public relations. She was selected as one of the top 15 entrepreneurs on the Goldman Sachs-GIBS 10 000 Women programme for female entrepreneurs. She holds a User Experience (UX) Design qualification from Red and Yellow. She is an alum of the GIBS Leading Women programme and Austrian Leadership Programmes (ALPS). Nicci is a regular speaker and panellist at industry events, such as Entrepreneurship Avenue (a conference hosted by the Vienna University of Business and Economics) and TEDx TUWien. She has also been a judge for a number of business plan presentation competitions.