Hardy Signs’ marketing manager Daniel Nikolla has been announced as the new chair of the board of Generation Next. The network of Young Professionals of East Midlands Chamber has shared the news and welcomed new board members.
Daniel has been part of the board of champions that oversees the Chamber’s Generation Next network for young professionals for over 2 years. At the Chamber’s AGM in December 2022, Emma Baumback handed over her position as chair of the board to Daniel Nikolla. The marketing manager at Hardy Signs spoke recently to Business Network about his background and the board’s ambitions for the year.
”Becoming chair of Generation Next is quite a humbling experience. I realise this is not about me, the board of the Chamber. This network is about young people aged 18 to 35 in the region and for the years to come. This year also marks my 10 anniversary since my arrival to the UK from Albania and my fifth year in our wonderful region.
I have always been a big advocate for young people. In 2015, I served as a student governor and student union president of my college and then sat on the national union of students UK executive council.
At Hardy Signs, I’m grateful to have been given the freedom to develop my role and team, allowing me to get out and network. It’s the company for which I left London. I have been lucky to be involved with various tasks, from preparing teas to pitching to clients and even to Rolls-Royce, when we won the Manufacturer of the Year in 2019 at the Chamber’s Derbyshire Business Awards.”
