Nancy is a serial technology entrepreneur & NED. She is SVP Digital Business Transformation at Carlsberg, having held a NED position with the company for 18 months prior to joining the Exec team.
Until May 2018, Nancy was CEO & Founder of MyShowcase, a fresh and contemporary Beauty retailer, enabled by smart technology. MyShowcase is a Personal Beauty Shopping service, available UK nationwide via MyShowcase.com and a network of Stylists. MyShowcase retails 50+ independent brands. The business offers its customers a highly personal and tailored beauty recommendation and shopping service, that’s rewarding, social and navigates them through what can seem like overwhelming choice in the beauty industry. In 2016, the Sunday Times named MyShowcase one of the 15 fastest-growing start-ups in the UK. The business was acquired by Miroma Group in Feb 2018.
Nancy also holds a Non-Executive Director role at OnMobile (listed in India). She chairs the Nomination and Compensation committee and is a member of the Risk & CSR committees. From 2012-16, Nancy was a NED at TelecityGroup [FTSE 250], one of Europe’s most successful technologies companies, with data centres in 14 European markets. The business was sold to Equinix for £2.35bn in January 2016.
Nancy has worked in the digital industry for almost 20 years, including launching Conde Nast online in 1996, overseeing Telegraph Media Group’s Digital business and developing the Fashion & Beauty market leader, Handbag.com between 2001-2006, leading to a successful sale to Hearst Corporation in 2006.
Nancy lives in London and Copenhagen and is married with two teenage daughters.