Social impact professional previously held senior roles at Luminate and Omidyar Network

BlueMark, a provider of impact verification services for investors and companies, today announced the appointment of Paige Nicol as the firm’s new Director for Europe. Nicol will be based in London and oversee BlueMark’s team in Europe.

Nicol has held several leadership roles in impact investing, philanthropy, and professional services throughout her career. She was most recently a Director of Strategy & Insights at Luminate, a philanthropic organization founded by Pierre and Pam Omidyar that is focused on empowering people to work together to build just and fair societies. Nicol was responsible for designing and overseeing the organization’s strategy to maximize the impact of its global portfolio of grants, investments and initiatives. In this role, she also helped to shape and implement Luminate’s approach to impact assessment, impact management and impact reporting.

Before joining Luminate in January 2018, Nicol was a Manager on the Intellectual Capital team at Omidyar Network, where she co-led the development of the firm’s initial strategy and investment thesis around digital identification. She also led multi-stakeholder engagement and advocacy work across a range of start-ups, banks, civil society organizations, governments, development finance institutions, and standard-setting bodies with a focus on crowding in capital and influencing the development of the field so that digital ID could become a tool of empowerment rather than exclusion or control.

“I’m thrilled to be joining BlueMark at an important time in the firm’s growth,” said Nicol. “My career in social impact has taught me the importance of third-party accountability for impact claims and practices, an area where BlueMark is leading the field through specialization in impact verification.”

“Paige is well-respected across the impact investing industry and especially in Europe, where she will work directly with our European clients,” said Christina Leijonhufvud, CEO of BlueMark. “As an adept problem-solver and skilled collaborator, Paige understands the unique challenges that impact investors face in building credibility for their efforts and the role that verification can play in strengthening trust in impact.”

Nicol started her career as a management consultant at Deloitte Consulting. She is a two-time graduate of Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service, earning a Master of Science in International Business and Finance and a Bachelor of Science in International Politics.