Global Expert Board
Nicki Allitt
Head of Strategic Communication, World Economic Forum
Nicki Allitt is an accomplished strategic Communications Executive with 30 years of experience providing strategic counsel to C-suite executives and influencing business strategy across diverse global industries. She guides companies through reputational challenges, has strength in structuring rapid change, transformations and turnarounds, as well as solid experience in financial results disclosure, investor communications and communicating across international stock markets.
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Why Nicki is at PMU.
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Nicki is currently Head of Strategic Communications at the World Economic Forum in Geneva and a member of the Executive Team. Nicki is responsible for the overall communication strategy, as well as communications partnering and planning with the ten thematic Centres, leadership communications, brand and reputation, social media and website, plus metrics and analytics.
Three years prior, Nicki Allitt was Chief Communications Officer at ISS – a leading workplace experience and facility management company, employing 350,000+ people globally with its headquarters in Denmark. Nicki was responsible for shaping the position, profile, and reputation of ISS both internally and externally. She was a member of the Global Commercial Leadership teams at ISS, as well as the ISS Disclosure Committee. She also Chaired the Global Communications Leadership team
Prior to that, she has also held global communication roles at Shell International in the Netherlands, Jumeirah Group in the United Arab Emirates, and the Seven Television Network in Australia. Nicki has lived and worked in 6 different countries.
Nicki is also a Board Director of the Asherah Foundation and previously served as an Advisory Board member since September 2022. The Asherah Foundation is a non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting women seeking a second chance through higher education scholarships, to create change within their communities and advance gender and social equality. She is also an Advisory Council Member of the Diversity Economic Institute in the UK, which builds the economic case for diversity and inclusion in the workplace, underpinned by evidence-based research and feedback from people on the front lines. Nicki is also a member of the Advisory Board member for Ellect, based in Australia which aims to have 100,000 women leaders ready for leadership and Board roles in the next few years. She is also delighted to join the Global Expert Board at Paris Metropolitan University.
Nicki holds a Bachelor of Arts and Commerce with a double major in Criminal Justice and Politics from Griffith University, Australia. She has also studied Journalism through the National Council for the Training of Journalists, United Kingdom, and holds a Diploma in Executive Coaching from the Academy of Executive Coaching, United Kingdom. In 2023, she completed the Executive Women in Leadership programme at Cornell University, USA.
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