Nick Engels has a broad international experience gained with different industries and cultures. He started his career selling computers with HP and was soon appointed Country Manager for the Swiss Medical Electronics Division. Looking for FMCG experience, he joined Mars Inc. where he became Marketing Director for the Snack-Food Division. He moved to the Pelikan Group as Vice President Sales and Marketing of the Industrial Division responsible for operations in over 20 countries. Nick finally joined Swatch Group as President of FLIK FLAK, initially responsible for the US market out of New York and later for their world-wide activities.

In 1991 he became partner at Ward Howell International in Switzerland and is a managing partner at Signium Engels & Harzheim in Zurich since the Ward Howell network was rebranded Signium International in 1998.

Mr. Engels works with a large variety of multinational clients out of different industries. He holds an MSEE from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology as well as an MBA from INSEAD. As a Luxembourg national he speaks several languages and considers himself a world citizen.