Nicola Mann

COO Portfolio Operations - B2b at Verdane

Nicola Mann serves as the Chief People Officer at Playable, previously known as Leadfamly, overseeing all HR and People initiatives within the high-growth marketing tech firm since January 2021. Prior to this role, Nicola was the Chief Executive Officer at Floreat Ventures from January 2017 to August 2022, providing talent advisory services for investor-backed technology companies experiencing transformation. Additional experience includes serving as a Talent Partner at Hg in 2018, Global Head of Talent at Sitecore in 2017, and Partner at Erevena from 2011 to 2017. Nicola's early career features roles at Korn Ferry, Jordan Sheppard, and Croda Chemicals. Educational background includes a Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages from Bangor University.

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Verdane

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Verdane is a specialist growth equity investment firm that partners with tech-enabled and sustainable businesses based out of Europe to help them reach the next stage of international growth. Verdane’s over 130 employees, based in Berlin, Copenhagen, Helsinki, London, Oslo and Stockholm, are dedicated to being the preferred growth partner to tech-enabled and sustainable businesses. We offer European category leaders looking for international growth a unique combination of local market support, through teams based in six countries, as well as growth experience on par with the best global sector specialists. Verdane companies have exclusive access to Elevate, our in-house operational expert team. Elevate provides strategic and operational support on high-priority projects to elevate performance and support growth, covering both go-to-market and operations. We seek to partner with businesses supported by secular growth trends and we consider stakeholder alignment of crucial importance to achieving optimal outcomes. We specialise in growing digital consumer, software, and sustainable society businesses. Our funds hold over €4bn in total commitments and have made over 140 investments through portfolio and direct transactions since 2003. Past and present category leaders backed by us include Apoteka, asgoodasnew, Boozt, CAIA Cosmetics, CRF Health, Danelec Marine, EasyPark, Farmasiet, FiksuRuoka, Forsta, Hornetsecurity, Instabox, InRiver, Maingate, MatHem, Meister, momox, octoshape, smava, Scanmarket, and Youty Group. www.verdane.com


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Oslo, Norway

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51-200

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