Emma has a breadth of strategy, sustainability, leadership and commun-ications expertise built over 15+ years.

Emma has been at the helm of Perigon since she and Nick co-founded it in January 2022, leading on its proposition development and client engagements. She spends her non-client-facing time developing tools and frameworks to evolve the way we approach strategy in the ‘intelligence age’.

Before Perigon, she was Group Corporate Communications and Sustainability Director and a member of the Executive Leadership Team for Virgin Money, a tier one UK bank, and served on the Board of Virgin Money Giving.

Prior roles were in strategy and corporate development across CYBG (now Virgin Money), RBS (now NatWest), and Standard Life (now Aberdeen).

Emma has a first-class honours degree in Physics from the University of St Andrews and is a CharteredAccountant.

Outside of work, Emma loves the outdoors – particularly walking her dog, being mum to 3-year-old Monty, saunas and cold plunges, skiing, cryptic crosswords and reading. She was also a long-time runner until recent knee issues and now stays sane by swimming and cycling instead.

Nick has over 25 years of experience across strategy, corporate development and equity markets.

Since founding Perigon with Emma in January 2022, he has partnered with clients to lead their business strategy development and provide fractional C-suite support.

Before Perigon, he held Head of Strategy roles at FTSE100 and FTSE250 companies, which involved establishing and leading teams to define and implement organic and inorganic strategic plans.

This included leading on CYBG's £1.6bn acquisition of Virgin Money in 2018 to create the UK’s 6th largest bank, leveraging strategy and M&A experience built over 10 years at RBS (now NatWest).

Nick’s early career at JPMorgan was in European equity derivatives. He has held a range of NED roles on UK financial services Boards and has an MBA from The Australian Graduate School of Management in Sydney.

In another life, Nick would have been a chef. He loves cooking – and the eating and drinking that comes after. He’s a dedicated dad to his four children, a keen golfer and enjoys racquet sports – squash, tennis and more recently padel.  

Andrew has over 15 years of corporate development and sustainability experience.

Most recently, Andrew was the Climate and Sustainability Strategist within the UBS Chief Investment Office. Prior to joining UBS, Andrew was Director, Net Zero Strategy, in the Global Sustainability team at Credit Suisse, where his responsibilities included the development of climate-related strategy, targets and transition planning, as well as climate-related disclosures in the Group Sustainability Report.

In addition to strategy roles for multiple Virgin Group companies, Andrew has worked as an investment professional in the private equity industry and as an investment banking associate in the field of M&A.

Andrew has been a member of the Science Based Targets Initiative's (SBTi) Expert Advisory Group (EAG) on the development of their Financial Institution Net Zero (FINZ) Standard. In addition, Andrew was a representative in the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF), the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA) and the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ).

In his free time, Andrew loves fast cars, mountain biking, going to the gym and playing sports with his son.

Jakub Piorkowski is a senior risk executive with over 15 years’ experience supporting global banks on climate transition, sustainability risk integration, and enterprise risk management. His background spans senior leadership roles across climate risk analytics, enterprise and portfolio risk management, stress testing, and external reporting, with experience across London, Zurich and Vancouver.

He specialises in translating climate and transition risk into core risk disciplines, including risk appetite, portfolio steering, limits, and scenario-based stress testing across lending, trading, and investment-banking portfolios. His work covered the design of climate analytics, carbon and financed-emissions methodologies, and governance frameworks built to withstand internal validation, audit, and supervisory scrutiny.

Jakub works closely with senior management, boards, and risk committees, helping institutions respond to evolving supervisory expectations while strengthening decision-making under climate and transition uncertainty. He has also led high-profile TCFD and sustainability disclosures recognised by Bloomberg as best-in-class.

Natalie is a social impact and sustainability advisor experienced in developing and implementing purpose-driven strategies to deliver impact and results.

She's led programmes driving positive impact in areas such as financial inclusion, economic participation and small and microenterprises, and has worked extensively with under-served communities, notably women and consumer goods sourcing communities.

Her broader sustainability experience includes DEI, corporate foundation leadership, philanthropy, human rights, circular economy, ESG reporting, sustainability governance and B corp.

As well as working with Perigon, Natalie has a portfolio of fractional and freelance sustainability work. Prior to this, she was the Executive Director of Purpose and Sustainability at Avon International.

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Jamie is an Associate at Perigon, focused on data modelling and full-stack software development for internal and client-facing tools.

He joined the firm as an intern before stepping into his current role, where he supports the design and build of technology solutions that underpin Perigon’s strategy and sustainability insights.

He studied at Eton College, completing A-levels in Mathematics, Computer Science and Economics, and is now reading Computer Science at Newcastle University, where he is on track to graduate with a first-class degree.

Jamie’s technical skills span Python, SQL, and full-stack development, alongside website design and build in Webflow, CSS, HTML and JavaScript.

Daan is leading the expansion of Perigon’s data capabilities. He first joined as an intern, where he built the Bank Barometer, before transitioning into his current role. 

He is studying Economics and History at the University of Leeds, where he is on track for First-Class Honours with the joint highest marks in Macroeconomics and Econometrics. He is also a recipient of the Laidlaw Undergraduate Leadership and Research Scholarship. 

His background in data analysis and economic thinking adds a quantitative layer to the long-term strategy insights the firm prides itself on. 

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On video calls, Nettle can usually be seen sleeping on the sofa at the back of Emma's office.

In the run-up to meal times or walks, she will make her presence more obvious, resting her large and bearded head on Emma's desk.

Nettle has incredible perseverence and goes to all lengths to meet her goals, sometimes attempting to clamber onto Emma's lap if she feels her needs are not being adequately prioritised. As she weighs nearly 30kg, the technique rarely fails to deliver.

When not performing her important role as The Perigon Dog, Nettle can usually be found romping in the countryside or cavorting on the beach. It's a hard life.