Nicholas Cooper

VP, Property & Retail Establishment IKEA

U.S – V.P Retail Establishment in U.S. (3 years) Specialist in design, construction, and commercial planning of new stores. Leading the expansion of all physical store formats for IKEA in the United States.

Japan – Property & Retail Establishment Country Manager (9 years). Establishing IKEA in a new market. Leading acquisition of sites (Real Estate) plus above tasks.

Netherlands – Project manager & then Retail Establishment manager (7 years) in Global Franchising headquarters. Developing new global processes to design, build and operate new IKEA stores throughout the world.

Taiwan / U.K – Store and Project Manager for individual new store projects (7 years).