Nicola Shaw CBE

Nicola’s broad range of experience includes working with the UK Government, the European Commission and Parliament, and industry regulators, as well as leading large regulated businesses. This enables her to lead our UK business with the requisite experience, knowledge and leadership expertise.

Her career, in the UK and overseas, has included senior positions in several regulatory, commercial and operational roles. These include Chief Executive Officer of HS1 and Managing Director of UK Business Division at FirstGroup plc. She was also an independent Non-executive Director of Ellevio AB and Aer Lingus Group plc.

Nicola was educated at both Oxford University, where she studied for a bachelor’s degree in History and Economics, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she received a master’s in Transportation.