Nick is Managing Partner of Stakeholder Studies Ltd, a research and consulting firm working in stakeholder relationship management and communications. He has a background in marketing and corporate communications, and moved full-time into research in the late ‘70s. His main focus is on cross-cultural issues and the communication challenges facing multinationals, especially those resulting from mergers and acquisitions. He is a regular contributor to seminars and workshops, and writes occasional papers, on issue- and risk-evaluation, CSR, communication ethics, and the methods and applications of research for employee and external stakeholder communications.