BII, a subsidiary of TBI, provides finance to some of the most innovative social enterprises in the UK offering a range of investments, from loans to royalty agreements to equity from £50,000 to £500,000.

BII is creating a Social Merchant Bank 'By the social entrepreneurs – for the social entrepreneurs'. Like BII it will be led by the social entrepreneurs and backed by the social financiers.

Previously CEO of TBI, Nigel originally trained as a lithographic printer and founded three employee owned printing and publishing companies.

He is a Council member of the Social Enterprise Coalition and was a Cabinet Office Social Enterprise Ambassador.

In 2008 he was the winner of the IOD Good Director award and in 2010 was made an OBE for his services to social enterprise