Nicholas J Higgins founded VaLUENTIS (www.valuentis.com) in 2003 focused on Operational/Venture Strategy and talent management. He was the architect behind a number of ground-breaking innovations, notably Human Capital Reporting Standards (GHCRS2006) and Intangible Rating (ICR), the forerunner to VaLUENTiS CLARITY Venture Rating.  In 2015, he set up the VaLUENTiS VentureBuild Studio (VVS) – an in-house incubator which generated several ventures including Ludorati™ Digital (AI/Tech) with its innovative GamesWizard recommendation engine, and latterly the VaLUENTiS CLARITY Venture Rating Platform project (AI/Fintech).

He was also the driving force behind the launch of VaLUENTiS Business School (www.valbs) and as Programmes Director of the Business School, he has initiated various course programmes, the latest being the ‘Alternative Exec MBA’ and ‘Entrepreneurial MBA’. All courses are driven by practical innovative use of the Harvard case study method. He holds an MSc in Finance from the London Business School, and an MBA and Diploma in Management from the Open Business School. He is a Chartered Manager by profession (MCMI) and a member of the IIBA and a previous Conference speaker/author.

Prior to VaLUENTiS, he previously worked at top global consulting firms PriceWaterhouseCoopers (Human Capital Management), Towers Perrin (Strategy & Organisation) and Watson Wyatt (Human Capital Measurement) and Merchants Group/Dimension Data (CRM/Contact Centres). This spell in management consulting followed a successful management career in financial services spanning 15 years running various growth operations incorporating both organic and acquisition strategies.