Nigel Dews
Nigel has extensive experience in technology, finance, media, telecommunications, energy, FMCG, healthcare and venture capital. This experience has spanned executive, board and consulting roles in both public and private companies.
Nigel was born in New Zealand, grew up in Australia and has lived and worked in Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the US. Nigel began his career as an Economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia before undertaking an MBA at London Business School and going on to join McKinsey and Company, where he honed his strategy skills.
Following this, Nigel has held leadership roles in many growth companies including as CEO of Fairfax Digital, 3 Mobile, Vodafone Australia, MessageMedia and European start-up, Hue. He later joined Port Jackson Partners, a leading Australian boutique strategy firm, as a Director and shareholder.
Nigel’s experience in growing consumer businesses includes leading 3 Mobile to become the first profitable 3G business globally through capturing 15% of post-paid market share as a new entrant. In addition to this, Nigel started and led Fairfax digital through the late 90’s and early 2000’s, successfully establishing many newspapers online and creating marketing places such as Domain. Nigel also reinvigorated a ‘sleepy’ Australian technology business to enable a ~8x value uplift and $1.7bn exit.
Nigel co-founded GNG Partners in 2019 and has since served clients across many industries including, electricity, telecommunications, property and hotels, financial services, entertainment and food. Nigel brings a refreshingly practical approach to growth strategy and performance improvement.
Nigel is also an Operating Partner with OneVentures, a leading Australian technology and healthcare venture capital firm with almost $1billion in funds under management.
He is married with three grown up children and enjoys getting into the outdoors with them all.