TheCityUK
Nicola Watkinson is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in international trade, investment, and strategic leadership. Currently serving as an Associate at Future London Academy and Chair of The Fred Hollows Foundation, Watkinson is committed to curing preventable blindness and holds a board member position at Møller Institute. As Managing Director, International at TheCityUK, Watkinson focuses on policy formulation and regulatory reform. Previous roles include General Manager at the Australian Trade and Investment Commission, where Watkinson led teams across the Americas and South Asia, and served as Consul General in Frankfurt. With an educational background that includes advanced programs at Harvard Business School and INSEAD, along with multiple leadership and digital learning certifications, Watkinson's expertise spans across investment attraction, diversity and inclusion, and trade development.
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TheCityUK
We are the industry-led body representing UK-based financial and related professional services. We champion and support the success of the ecosystem, and thereby our members, promoting policies in the UK and internationally that drive competitiveness, support job creation and enable long-term economic growth. The industry contributes 12% of the UK’s total economic output and employs over 2.4 million people – with two thirds of these jobs outside London – across the country’s regions and nations. It pays more corporation tax than any other sector and is the largest net exporting industry. The industry plays an important role in enabling the transition to net zero and driving economic growth across the wider economy through its provision of capital, investment, professional advice and insurance. It also makes a real difference to people in their daily lives, helping them save for the future, buy a home, invest in a business and manage risk.