Nigel is a chartered accountant having trained with Deloitte Haskins & Sells in the UK. In 1992, he joined Speciality Shops and then became finance director of the Milner.

Group, managing 12 shopping centres. He joined Shops etc Ltd as finance director before taking part in a management buyout in 2011 to form Plus Shops Retail. Nigel then moved to the listed company, New Frontier Properties, in 2016 as Finance Director before leaving in 2018 to join Martin Jepson at Ergo Real Estate.