Nicky Batkin

Position: Best Practise Representative

Year joined the Modeshift Board: 2012

Place of work:  London Borough of Ealing Council

Brief career history: I joined Buckinghamshire Council as a School Travel Advisor in 2001 when, as a fairly new Governor at my children’s school, I produced a School Travel Plan, unaided by the Council, and was asked to share best practise with other Governors and schools. In 2017 I joined the Transport Planning Service at Ealing Council, to manage their school travel programme. In 2020 we introduced School Streets which are an exciting and exhausting addition to my work, in the nicest possible way!

Why joined the Board: I joined the management board to meet like-minded people and support the sustainable travel industry through the STARS programme and national awards.

Personal: I have 3 twenty-something children who make me so proud every single day. I enjoy walking and discovering new places locally and further afield. I love to travel, at home and abroad, and have a travel list of places I’d love to visit when life permits.