Nikki Nelson-Smith holds a BA Joint Hons in Economics and Politics.
For the first part of her career Nikki worked as a macroeconomist in the City of London and more recently as a microeconomist and strategy manager in the transport sector.
She has been a Trustee of a life skills education charity for school age children and of Citizens Advice Guildford. She was an elected member of Guildford Borough Council for 8 years between 2011 and 2019, and was first introduced to RGS Governing Body when Mayor of Guildford in 2015/16.