Nicole is an Adviser to EU Strategy based in Brussels. She works as a consultant on issues in digital policy, global development, entrepreneurship, and sustainability. In 2019, she co-authored a study entitled Digitising Agrifood: Pathways and Challenges in collaboration with the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) examining how digital technologies can optimise the agrifood chain. She has also served for several years as the Brussels adviser to DiploFoundation, an international NGO, think tank and capacity building organization working on issues in digital diplomacy and Internet governance. 

Nicole has over 20 years of experience in the private sector and global development as an investment adviser, policy analyst, and technical adviser for corporations, international donors, and investor groups globally specializing in creating scalable solutions for sustainable social impact in agribusiness, ICT, and power. Clients have included USAID, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and the US Department of Defense. Previously she was an investment banker at Salomon Smith Barney in New York and London and has held positions at NBC/General Electric and Primedia Software-on-Demand in corporate and business development. Nicole holds a Master of International Affairs in International Finance from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.