Nicky has accomplished an impressive 30-year career in the British Army specialising in personnel work before moving to the voluntary sector as CEO of Defence Medical Welfare Service. Currently sitting as the Independent Chair of NHS England’s Armed Forces Patient and Public Voice group where she champions the health inequalities of the armed forces community she also sits as a member of the Veteran’s Advisory Board and the Independent Review  of LGBT+ veterans.  She has particularly advocated for removing the barriers to access for those with disabilities, those bereaved by suicide, women who have served and those from minority ethnic groups and the commonwealth. Nicky’s dedication, diligent work and commitment to improving the lives of the armed forces community and their families was recognised with an MBE in 2017.