Nicola Mills
Founder and CEO, Pacific Retail Management
Australia
Nicola is the Founder and CEO of Pacific Retail Management which owns and manages over 50 retail stores, and commercial kitchens including Australia’s No.1 Sushi franchise - Go Sushi, the fresh juice brand - Kick Juice Bars and the sushi brand with a green heart - Wasabi Warriors. Sushi Tribe Commercial Kitchens including the recently acquired wholesale brands Sushi Ginza and Sushi Hachi, supply fresh sushi to supermarkets, schools, hospitals, cafes and sporting events throughout Australia. In addition to the running of Pacific Retail Management, Nicola has recently launched a crowd funding business for Australian entrepreneurs called Ready Fund Go. Prior to these business ventures Nicola had a successful career in radio marketing (Austereo) and General Management (14 years), which included winning a number of national marketing awards. Nicola has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Adelaide.
“I want profitable franchisees who are raving fans of the brand they have engaged with, as it provides them with strong profit results, and jobs for the local community they are in. That also means being fully self-sufficient from its founder (me), so that it achieves profitable results for its franchisees, it’s employees and its shareholders,” says Nicola Mills, Founder and CEO of Pacific Retail Management.