Dr Nick Henry has recently returned to academia. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Business in Society Research Centre at Coventry University.
This follows 10 years as a public policy and evaluation consultant. This culminated with a position as Consulting Director, Economic Development and Economic Policy, at GHK Consulting (now ICF International).
Academic positions
Before this, as a human and economic geographer, he held academic positions at:
the Open University
universities of Southampton and Birmingham
a Readership in Urban and Regional Studies at CURDS
Exeprience
He has wide-ranging experience of directing and managing research and consultancy projects for:
ESRC and various European Commission DGs
Government departments and quangos
national foundations
charities and trade associations
regional and local economic development partnerships
local authorities and voluntary and community sector organisations
Research
Currently, he is undertaking research and consultancy on community finance:
including bank data disclosure
social impact bonds
economic and social impact
for a variety of clients and UK motorsport supply chains for BIS/UKTI.
