Nick Winton

Meet Nick Winton

Nick is the son of Sir Nicholas Winton MBE, who organized the Kindertransport from Czechoslovakia before the Second World War saving 669 children. Awarded a knighthood for his services to humanity, his father was also involved in many other humanitarian activities including for the Mentally Handicapped and the elderly in care.

Following the sale of his own group of companies Nick was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor with a prognosis of up to 5 years of life. This gave him real-life experience of the unpredictable nature of the world we live in and the importance of managing uncertainty. After surgery he enrolled at the Business School at Imperial College in London where he graduated with an MBA (cum laude).

Subsequently, in a career as Interim CEO or Managing Director he piloted many companies in both the public and private sectors both in London and New York. Specializing in turnarounds and start-ups, he navigated the highs and the lows of motivating and managing teams that were usually under great stress.

He now advises boards of directors and is a trustee of Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, an award-winning charity in the family hometown of Maidenhead and is also trustee of a charity providing diagnostic genomic solutions.

An international speaker, his audiences have ranged from corporate workshops and events, schools, community colleges, synagogues, and fund-raisers with audiences varying from 50 to 15,000.

Nick presents on several themes that are critical to businesses today including:

• The value of working as a team to accomplish great things
• Recognizing artificial barriers and overcoming them
• The value of every individual and the benefits of being ‘blind’ to color, race, religion, gender
• Ethics – the bedrock of company growth, particularly with major inter-company transactions

Using his father’s story as a starting point, your audience will learn what a great impact they can make in your organization and in the world. Nick adapts the presentations with consultation to deliver the impact most suitable for your audience with images and videos from the family archive.

Nick’s interests include current affairs, economics, opera (particularly Mozart), mime, beautiful architecture, and walking in gardens and parks.

He was trained in aerobatics by the RAF and held a private pilot’s license. As an escape, Nick enjoys travelling around Europe by motorbike. He married his wife at a ceremony in Prague, Czech Republic, the starting point for the Kindertransport organized by his father, Sir Nicholas.