Nigel Gardner

Nigel co-founded Flint in 2015. In his role as Chairman, he led the company’s growth strategy, as it grew from a start-up of 6 to a pan-European team of more than 80. In December 2021, he oversaw a minority external investment in the Company by Growth Capital Partners, and as part of that stood down as Chairman. He remains a Non-Executive Director.

Nigel is a former European Commission spokesman and BBC journalist. He is Chairman of Sandstone Global, the international factual TV production house. Nigel also co-founded GPlus – a leading European public affairs and media relations company, which was acquired by Omnicom Inc. Outside Flint, Nigel has a number of other entrepreneurial interests and writes in the national press on EU issues.