Nicola Coote

A Chartered Safety Practitioner and Chartered Fellow of the Institution of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH) and a registered IRCA Lead Auditor (ISO 9001). Nicola is deputy CEO and a founder member of AIM-listed PHSC plc, a group offering health, safety and quality systems consultancy and training along with innovative retail security solutions. PHSC plc has annual revenues approaching £7m. She started in consultancy during 1990 with co-director Stephen King and has around 30 years experience in managing a business.

Prior to starting the consultancy, Nicola worked at Newsgroup Newspapers in Fleet Street and Wapping, where she supported health and safety management. In 1990, she joined Reuters plc with Stephen King as UK Health and Safety Manager. She left employment with Reuters plc in 1992 and continued to service their H&S requirements through PHSC.

She has acted as joint Secretary of the South East Branch of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health, and presented at the annual Tolley Health and Safety Conference for three years. She is currently on the Editorial Board of the health and safety section of Lexus, Nexis Butterworth Tolley. In addition Nicola is author, consultant editor or contributor to more than 30 titles produced by publishers such as Croner. She is a registered Expert Witness and supports many organisations with civil and criminal cases.
Nicola successfully completed the Chartered Institute of Marketing Level 6 Diploma in Professional Marketing to consolidate her practical experience with underpinning knowledge and is using this to drive improved marketing strategies from PHSC group subsidiaries to its clients. Nicola has been a Chartered Member of the CIPD for over 20 years.

Outside of work Nicola is Deputy Chair of the Governor's Board for St Martins School, Hutton and has been working as a governor for seven years. She also undertakes various support activities for a range of charities local to where she lives.