Nick Coutts
Senior Coach, Incubator

An expert in the development and marketing of services, Nicholas has generated a portfolio of tools, data and services which help companies go to market more effectively and efficiently.

As Vice President, Global Distribution Channel Strategy for IBM, he was responsible for channel strategy and development and the effective use of distribution channels. He joined IBM as Director of Channels and Business Partner Management EMEA from Azlan Group, the pan-European value added distributor of network computing products and services, serving five thousand resellers across Europe.

He has been an associate of KAE and also Finpro since 2003; an associate of Cambridge Investment Research since 2005 and a principal associate of Fusion Experience since 2010.

A member of INCOSE - The International Council on Systems Engineering, he is also the chair of the enterprise committee of the Society of Projectics: the science of projects as a mode of cognition, organization and action to address complexity in social systems. Nicholas has a masters degree in economics from Kings College, Cambridge.