Nicole Smith (Member - lay)

Nicole is Director of a small management consultancy working in the public and voluntary sectors. She is also an Associate of the Institute for Government, a Panel Chair at the Judicial Appointments Commission and a Lay Member of the Investigating Committee of the Nursing & Midwifery Council. Previously, she was Deputy Chief Executive at the Electoral Commission, following an earlier career in policy, research and management roles at the Home Office, the Constitution Unit and the Royal National Institute for the Blind. She brings non-executive experience from a housing association, as a school governor and as Chair of the Westminster Volunteer Bureau.