Nicole Bearne

Nicole Bearne, former Head of Internal Communications at the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team

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Over a career spanning 25 years in the highly competitive world of Formula One motor racing, Nicole has helped her team win nine World Championships – eight back-to-back.

Her experience encompasses executive and technical operations, Internal Communications, CSR programmes and Employee Experience. Drawing upon her championship-winning career in Formula One, Nicole’s mission is to bring a blend of robust academic theory and extensive real-world business experience to building happy, high-performing, people-centric organisations. She is passionate about creating workplaces where people feel welcomed, accepted and can truly flourish.

Nicole holds a Master’s degree in Organisational Behaviour and a CIPR post-graduate Diploma in Internal Communications. She is a member of the Institute of Internal Communication, the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (MCIPR) and an Accredited PR Practitioner. She’s also a teacher of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in the Workplace. Nicole is frequently invited to speak at Internal Communications and Employee Experience conferences in the UK, USA and Europe.
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”At our Lisbon seminar, Nicole Bearne gave the Valeo team insight into the ‘people side’ of an F1 team. The team dynamics, the highs and the lows, and the lessons we can draw from this in our own professional lives.  It was great and I would absolutely recommend Nicole to anyone looking for an inspiring talk"  
Menno Schönlank -  VP Aftermarket Europe, Valeo

"Nicole was a keystone member of the Mercedes F1 team, and its previous incarnations, for more than 25 years. She can transition seamlessly between engaging C-level stakeholders, developing strategic guidance and approaches, to the fine attention to detail needed to deliver top-quality employee engagement events. She stands out through her commitment to ongoing learning, her versatility, the boundless energy she brings to every project and, above all, for being a brilliant team-mate, for whom the success of the team is the key performance metric."
Bradley Lord - Chief Communications Officer, Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team