Nicole has been running her own consultancy, NMN Advisors, for more than 19 years. During her 25 plus years in investor relations, she has worked with companies in virtually every facet of investor relations, including IPOs, shareholder activism, M&A communications, global investor targeting and crisis communications.

Prior to consulting, she was the Director of IR for meVC / Draper Fisher Jurvetson’s (DFJ) public venture capital fund where she managed the public relations and investor relations departments. While at meVC/DFJ Fund, she assisted with the company’s $330M IPO on the NYSE.  Before working for the meVC/DFJ Fund, Nicole held IR and Finance positions at Infoseek and Imatron. 

Nicole holds a B.S., Political Science and B.A., History from the University of California, Santa Cruz and completed additional studies at the University of Grenoble, France and University of Hull, England.

Publications:

• IR Impact: Beyond the slides: building an effective IPO presentation deck

• IR Update: Beyond the IPO: Strategic Communication for Long-Term IR Success

• IR Impact: Forecasting discipline: The cornerstone of IPO readiness

• IR Update: KPIs: Determining the Impact of Your IR Initiatives

• IR Update: Best Practices for Dealing With Ethics Issues

• IR Update: Revisiting Guidance in a Changing World

• IR Update: The Opportunity in Crisis Communications

• IR Update: Interview with Brett Redfearn, Director of the Division of Trading and Markets at the SEC

• IR Update: Perception Studies: A Good Foundation to Plan 2018

• IR Update: Benchmarking Your IR Program

• IR Update (NIRI Magazine): The Activist Perspective

• IR Magazine: Shareholder activism: the rising impact on companies

• IR Update (NIRI Magazine): A Year-Round Strategy For Proxy Season

• IR Update (NIRI Magazine): When Investors Ask to Speak to Directors

• IR Update: Expanding Your Stock’s Global Ownership

• IR Update: The New World: Expensing Stock Options

• IR Update: Gaining Visibility for Small Cap Companies

• IR Update: Integrating Financial Messaging into Employee Communications