Niamh is Head of Programmes at Nest and is responsible for all corporate programmes across Nest Innovation and Metta. She has a deep background in tech startups as well as corporate experience at PCH.

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She joins Nest with over 12 years operations experience, focussing on strategic growth and development of new business units. With over 8 years experience working in product development in China and co-founder of her own online wine startup, she has worked extensively with both Fortune 500 companies and with startups helping them to bring their products to the global marketplace.

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At PCH, Niamh led the team that enabled hardware startups to navigate the complexities of manufacturing product at scale, reducing time to market and minimising risk. Niamh was also a pivotal founding member of Highway1, a premier hardware accelerator based in San Francisco that has brought over 60 hardware startups through a 4 month accelerator program and raised over $80M in funding.

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Niamh is passionate about travel, sports, food and of course, startups!