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Hugh Chichester
Leads strategy
My biggest career advice would be to never leave school!
My pathway to Niya:
- Age 15, I Mowed lawns, failed to scale customer base beyond my mother.
- Joined a catering agency, dropped my first ever tray of champagne. In front of all the guests.
- Fled the UK and worked as an analyst in the US Senate, rode an elevator with the late John McCain… retired early from politics.
- Returned from exile, worked in a locals bar whilst studying at University. Learnt 10x more about the world from my customers than from my lecturers.
- Moved to London to become a youth worker. Really just an excuse to not grow up yet.
- Got into business by joining a social investment fund as a business consultant and operations manager. Loved it, but wasn’t very good at it.
- Joined a global innovation consultancy to tell tier-1 investment banks how to better manage their data. Despite 0 years experience. Turned out was quite good at it… but didn’t love it.
- Co-Founded Niya to transform the future of work and bring economic inclusion to all. Managed to scale it beyond my mother, still dropping the occasional tray, learning more than I ever imagined, and not retiring any time soon. Love it, and… we’re getting pretty good at it.
