Nicholas Milne Email & Phone Number

Italy

Directing the global development and delivery of Precision Development’s communications, marketing, fundraising, and partnership development activity to help provide digital information and other highly cost-effective, scalable services to serve 10 million+ smallholder farmers living in poverty, and help improve their livelihoods, mitigate risks, and advance environmental sustainability.

Directing the global development and delivery of Precision Development’s income generation and partnership activity.

London, England, United Kingdom

Leading the External Relations team at The Humanitarian Leadership Academy - an innovative social enterprise within Save the Children. Heading up creative partnerships, business development, commercial strategy, fundraising, marketing and communications for our global learning community of over half a million humanitarians who are working to prepare for and respond to crises.

Managing the new corporate partnerships team (3 managers, 1 senior executive) to develop transformational private sector partnerships to help people in crisis, whoever, and wherever they are.

Brighton And Hove, England, United Kingdom

Creating and leading a social enterprise to improve responsible consumption by promoting social enterprise and circular economy products helping people, the local community and planet ● Co-creation of the Uk’s first Circular Gift Guide via a collaboration with Circular & Co ● Development of an e-commerce store for Good Gift Boxes & two pop-ups in Brighton & Hove ● Created a crowdfunding campaign featured in The Argus and Escape the City

Edinburgh

Led on strategic private sector partnerships and helped diversify income through new cause-related marketing partnerships (Hawksmoor restaurant), and charity of the year partnerships (St Andrews University). Lead writer on a successful six-figure grant from Comic Relief for a multi-million-pound, multi-stakeholder programme to combat homelessness in Scotland. Supported on the world's largest charity Sleepout Event, Sleep in the Park, securing sponsorship from global firms (CMS), encouraging participation with leading companies (Balfour Beatty), and generating significant gift-in-kind from Capital Radio to promote the event and create awareness on the issue of homelessness across Scotland. Created Account Management systems, partnership development plans and devised marketing and communications collateral.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for managing new opportunities with the private sector to create strategic, impactful and mutually beneficial partnerships that unleash the potential of under-served young entrepreneurs to start and scale sustainable businesses around the world.

Led on the securing of a strategic partnership worth over £250,000 over 3 years with Aldi which supported a project to educate young people in sustainable agriculture in Kenya and help them set-up their own businesses while accessing new markets. Also created a global cause-related marketing partnership with the innovative snack brand, Hippeas.

London, United Kingdom

Account Management of the multi-million pound global flagship partnership with Mondelez International that aims to create thriving, empowered cocoa communities and a sustainable cocoa supply chain.Leading on cocoa projects in West Africa (Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire) and in Indonesia, as well as identifying new business and further engagement opportunities with Mondelez.

Medellin, Colombia

Based in Colombia, this role involved creating, planning and managing all aspects of the global fundraising program for the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) and maximizing partnerships with donors worldwide to make a positive impact on ARM´S development work with miners and their communities throughout Africa, Asia and Latin America.Success in securing new corporate partnerships with recognized global brands such as Microsoft, while leading on multi-faceted partnerships with companies from the luxury jewelery sector and maximizing those relationships to deliver value to our global initiative.Strategic direction of the fundraising program and working with senior level executives on New Initiatives with different organizations (private sector, NGO´s,foundations, government agencies and Multi-laterals) across Latin America, Europe, North America and Africa.Other roles for the organisation included Partnership and Fundraising Manager and Fundraising Intern.

London, Uk

Account managing a portfolio of corporate partnerships that support Plan's development projects across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Also had roles in Support Relations to engage donors further in Plan's work.

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Co-founded an online luxury travel business that incorporated community based-tourism elements for Latin American destinations.* Created the business model and operational processes, as well as setting up relationships and negotiating discounted rates with five ground handlers across South America to co-ordinate our sale offerings. Including visits and pitches to companies in Argentina, Brazil & Chile.* Curating the sales offerings including selecting destinations, hotels, transportations and activities for each itinerary in five countries* Co-ordinating the formation and development of the Itinerie website with Argentine web site designers through all stages, including: layout of wireframes, design of site, writing all content and selecting photos

London, United Kingdom

Activities included:• The sale and organisation of luxury bespoke vacations for independent travellers to Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, with a personal sales turnover of approximately £250,000• Research trips to South America to analyse and evaluate Sunvil Latin America’s current program and identify new destinations, hotels and excursions.* Working with colleagues across Latin America to coordinate all aspects of the luxury bespoke vacations* The creation of a five star Sustainable Tourism program which included supporting projects that assisted the development of local communities

Master Of Science (Msc), International Business And Development, Merit

Management And Leisure, 2:1