Nick Howle
Business Owner and Impact Investor
B.C.H. Developments Limited
(West Midlands, United Kingdom)
Nick owns a real estate development and investment business focusing on multi-let industrial estates. He graduated from Manchester University and completed his MBA at Nijenrode Universiteit. He spent his early career with PepsiCo International in various operational, franchising and marketing roles in Western and Eastern Europe. During a secondment in Seattle in the early 90s he witnessed the birth of coffee culture phenomena and then founded one of the first coffee chains in the UK and the Netherlands.
He has invested in enterprises across East Africa and is active as an Advisory Board Member to a number of these businesses travelling, whenever he can, to support the teams on the ground. He is passionate about entrepreneurship and creating business solutions for long term sustainability and self-reliability on the Continent. He has been an Advisory Board Member, participant and supporter of impact investor and business angel groups in Africa.
He lives in the UK with his wife Anne-Mieke, their 2 sons having flown the nest. Family get-togethers will often involve spending time in the Alps or Algarve.