Nick Maughan

Maughan began his career in 2003 as a quantitative analyst and then as director of research at Tamiso & Co., a New York-based investment firm. In 2020, he established Maughan Capital, focusing on early-stage investments with environmental and social impact.^[3][4] The firm's portfolio includes Forests For Mines Ltd, set up to transform old coal mines into forests; Climate Solutions Exchange (CSX), which develops carbon credit platforms;^[5][6] and Beobia Ltd (The Bug Factory), which produces mealworm-based protein.^[7] Maughan Capital has also invested in technology firms such as Sen, which provides AI-enhanced satellite footage of Earth for environmental monitoring, and Infogrid, a company working on building energy efficiency through artificial intelligence.^[8][9][10]

Maughan is the Chairman of Geneva-based multi-family office Little Whale Capital.^[11]

In 2020, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Maughan founded the Nick Maughan Family Foundation (NMF) to support projects in education, the environment, and community engagement, particularly targeting disadvantaged groups.^[8][2][12]

NMF's initiative, BoxWise, offers boxing-based mentoring for young people across more than 50 locations in the UK and internationally, in collaboration with Frank Warren's Queensbury Promotions.^[13][14]

Maughan is a former trustee of Dallaglio RugbyWorks, which supports young people outside mainstream education.^[15] Through his foundation, he funds scholarships for talented children from low-income families, as well as postgraduate scholarships for master's and PhD students.^[16][17]

He also supports the Charlie Miller Football Academy in Glasgow^[18][19] and helped fund the construction of the Waterside Centre in Newbury for the Berkshire Youth Trust.^[20] His other initiatives include backing the Fair Shot campaign with the Refugee Council and education and employment programs for at-risk youth in collaboration with the Centre for Social Justice, where he serves as a trustee.^[21] As patron Maughan has supported first-aid training for over 25,000 young people via British charity StreetDoctors.^[22] He is also patron of the medical research charity Womb Transplant U.K.^[23]

As a trustee of Tusk Trust, Maughan has contributed to wildlife conservation efforts in Africa.^[24] He made an initial £1m donation to Tusk Trust,^[25][26] matched all donations up to £150,000 made to Tusk through The Times' Annual Christmas Appeal,^[12] sponsors the annual Tusk Wildlife Ranger Award (presented by the charity's royal patron, William, Prince of Wales),^[27] and funds the Tusk Conservation Symposium.^[28]

Maughan funds infrastructure projects in Eastern Uganda through the Nick Maughan Family Foundation.^[29] These include the Nick Maughan Maternity Centre, reportedly the largest such facility in the region, as well as the NMF Riverside School and the NMF IT Centres.^[30] He is also a patron of Spotlight on Africa, a development charity active in the area.^[31]