meet the team

Emma has a breadth of sustainability, communications and strategy expertise. Prior to founding 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. In this role, Emma was also accountable for (and sat on the Board of) Virgin Money Giving, a large UK digital fundraising platform (now closed). Prior experience includes Chief of Staff to the CEO, corporate strategy and finance roles at Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Life. Emma has a first class honours degree in Physics from the University of St Andrews and is a Chartered Accountant.

Nick has over 25 years of financial services experience, including 15 years focusing on corporate development, establishing and leading teams in the definition and implementation of organic and inorganic strategic plans. He has held Head of Strategy roles at FTSE100 and FTSE250 companies. Nick also has significant experience in M&A strategy evolution and execution, and led the team throughout CYBG's £1.6bn acquisition of Virgin Money in 2018 to create the UK’s 6th largest bank. His early career at JPMorgan was in equity and equity derivative markets. Nick has held a range of NED roles on UK financial services Boards, has an MBA from The Australian Graduate School of Management in Sydney and a degree in Geography from Newcastle University.

Laura has a range of sustainability, strategy and transformational business change experience developed 'in house' for large UK bank, Virgin Money. With a passion for creating inclusive and sustainable organisations, Laura has worked within the many components of ESG – often operating cross-functionally to successfully embed ESG strategy. She has led the charge on organisations’ approach to human rights management and is experienced in integrating ESG within annual reporting and other disclosures. Previously a Leadership Graduate for a FTSE250 company, Laura has a varied set of skills that have seen her lead in disciplines such as cost reduction, strategic and operating model development, data analysis, management information creation, product development and customer acquisition. Laura is accredited in Commercial Lending and has an Honours degree in Law with Business from the University of Stirling. She continues to give back to the University by supporting students keen to explore non-practising careers.