Nigel Lake

Nigel is a New York-based entrepreneur and corporate advisor. He co-founded the award-winning advisory firm, Pottinger, in Australia in 2003 and subsequently Atomli in New York in 2016. He is also an adviser to a number of start-ups in the USA, Australia and UK, including Change Foods. In 2020, he co-founded ESGX.ORG, a non-profit sustainability initiative. He has 30 years’ experience working with hundreds of companies, governments and start-ups on strategy, M&A, innovation and large-scale infrastructure projects. With a background in finance, science (Cambridge University) and systems thinking, he has worked in most of the top thirty economies and is driven by long-term thinking and sustainability. His book The Long Term Starts Tomorrow urges others embrace long-term thinking to lead us to better outcomes. He continues to be a regular commentator in the Australian media.