Nigel is an acknowledged expert in the leadership and practice management of professional service firms and continues to be involved in speaking engagements, including leading benchmarking sessions, practice management seminars and international management panels. He also has extensive governance and board experience with professional associations and bodies, as well as community organizations. Nigel has served as Vice President of the Americas and as a member of the Executive Board of DFK International. He has also served as Chair of the Carpenter Hospice and Director of Finance/Executive Committee member of the Burlington Chamber of Commerce. Other board service includes the Public Accountants Council of Ontario and President of the CPAFMA (a US-based association of professionals that manage accounting firms).

Nigel is passionate about giving back through service in a professional and community capacity, as evidenced above. Nigel and his wife, Wendy, who have been married for more than 40 years, emigrated from Cape Town, South Africa, in 1994, landed in Burlington, and never left. They presently live in Aldershot with their son, while their daughter lives in Arizona with their two grandsons.