Nicola Hutton

Nicola Hutton is Founder of Cygnet Advisers and a Fractional Chief People Officer specialising in helping deep tech and high-growth businesses scale their teams without losing focus, speed or culture. Across a 30-year career spanning global corporates, venture-backed startups and emerging technology businesses, Nicola has helped organisations navigate rapid growth through practical organisational design, executive hiring and leadership development. She recently supported precision fermentation scaleup Cauldron through a significant growth phase, designing the people and operating foundations needed to support regional manufacturing expansion and international scale. Nicola works with founders and executive teams to build the right structures, leadership capability and talent strategy at the right time - enabling growth without overbuilding.