Nancy Cruickshank
{{Short description|British entrepreneur}}
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Nancy Cruickshank is a British entrepreneur in beauty, fashion, and technology. She has founded three start-ups and helped launch several others. Since 2018, she is the Chief Digital Officer at Carlsberg group A/S.
Early life and education
Nancy Cruickshank was born in London.{{cite web |url=https://www.myshowcase.com/stylist/nancy_cruickshank |title=About Me: Nancy Cruickshank, Founding Stylist|publisher=MyShowcase|year=2015|accessdate=24 October 2015}} Her father worked for Revlon and, when she was 11, her parents moved to Hong Kong while she attended a boarding school. She graduated from the University of Leeds with a degree in history.
Career
Cruickshank began her career at Condé Nast in magazine and advertising sales. In 1995 she was named commercial director of Condé Nast online{{cite web|url=http://www.inspiringfifty.com/50-inspiring-women-list-2015-eu/|title=Meet the Fifty Most Inspiring Women in European Tech|year=2015|accessdate=24 October 2015|publisher=Inspiring Fifty|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925193629/http://www.inspiringfifty.com/50-inspiring-women-list-2015-eu/|archivedate=25 September 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://erisea-mag.com/behind-the-brand-nancy-cruickshank|title=Behind The Brand – Nancy Cruickshank|first=Erika|last=Holt|date=11 August 2014|accessdate=24 October 2015|work=Erisea Magazine}} and helped launch the publisher's titles online, including Vogue and GQ.{{cite web|url=http://step-up-club.net/2015/07/15/power-chat-nancy-cruickshank/|title=Power Chat: Nancy Cruickshank, MyShowcase|date=15 July 2015|accessdate=24 October 2015|publisher=step-up-club.net|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716065424/http://step-up-club.net/2015/07/15/power-chat-nancy-cruickshank/|archivedate=16 July 2015}} In April 2000 she and her husband, Jim, launched a property site, Smove.com.
Cruickshank joined Handbag.com in 2000, as Managing Director and 'Founder' of the media business that she joined to take forward. The business was originally founded in 1999 by Dominic Riley, and provided email, internet access and operated as a portal with links to many women's websites. By 2014, Handbag had grown to be the number-one fashion and beauty website in the UK, with 1.5 million visits monthly. Cruickshank sold the Handbag Publishing Group to the National Magazine Company, a member of the Hearst Group, in 2006 for a reported £22 million.{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/no-handbag-just-the-height-of-web-fashion-860768.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/analysis-and-features/no-handbag-just-the-height-of-web-fashion-860768.html |archive-date=18 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title= No Handbag, just the height of web fashion|first=Martin|last=Baker|date=23 October 2011|accessdate=24 October 2015|work=The Independent}}{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/mar/13/nancy-cruickshank-telegraph-media-group|title=Nancy Cruickshank joins Telegraph Media Group|date=13 March 2009|first=Oliver|last=Luft|accessdate=24 October 2015|work=The Telegraph}} After staying on as managing director for another year, she became CEO of VideoJug, a "how-to video website", in October 2007. In March 2009 she was named executive director of digital development for the Telegraph Media Group.
From April 2012 to March 2013 she served as launch CEO of Weve, a media and mobile commerce joint venture for UK mobile operators.{{cite web|url=http://www.onmobile.com/OnMobile%20expands%20Board%20appoints%20Nancy%20Cruickshank%20and%20Bruno%20Ducharme%20as%20Directors|title=OnMobile expands Board – appoints Nancy Cruickshank and Bruno Ducharme as Independent Directors (press release)|date=31 July 2014|accessdate=24 October 2015|publisher=OnMobile|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429071041/http://www.onmobile.com/OnMobile%20expands%20Board%20appoints%20Nancy%20Cruickshank%20and%20Bruno%20Ducharme%20as%20Directors|archivedate=29 April 2015}}
In June 2012 Cruickshank, together with Kate Shapland, Rodrigo Dauster, and Olivier Beau de Loménie, launched MyShowcase.com.{{cite web |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-business/9745764/How-beauty-site-MyShowcase-creates-entrepreneurs.html|first=Emma|last=Sinclair|title= How beauty site MyShowcase creates entrepreneurs|work=The Telegraph|date=17 December 2012|accessdate=24 October 2015}} This direct-sales retailer promotes 25 beauty brands through home showings led by MyShowcase salespeople; products are also sold online.
Other activities
Cruickshank served for many years as a board member of the Cosmetic Executive Women trade organisation. In 2013 she became an independent non-executive director for the TelecityGroup.{{cite web |url= http://www.telecitygroup.com/investor-centre/nancy-cruickshank.htm|title=Nancy Cruickshank|publisher=TelecityGroup|year=2015|accessdate=24 October 2015}} In 2014 she was named an independent director of OnMobile.
Personal
Cruickshank met her husband, Jim, at the University of Leeds when they were both 19. They married in 1997{{cite web |url=http://www.thedrum.com/news/2013/02/15/it-s-massively-fragmented-market-and-still-evolving-fast-nancy-cruickshank-talks |title="It's a massively fragmented market and is still evolving fast" – Nancy Cruickshank talks Weve, mobile and buying shoes in the back of a taxi|first=Jessica|last=Davies|date=15 February 2013|accessdate=24 October 2015|work=The Drum}} and have two daughters.{{cite web |url=http://www.wearethecity.com/inspirational-women-nancy-cruickshank-founder-myshowcase/|title=Inspirational Woman: Nancy Cruickshank – Founder of MyShowcase|date=2 September 2014|accessdate=24 October 2015|work=We Are The City}} They maintain homes in London, Copenhagen and Surrey,{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/10/11/nancy-cruickshank-businesswoman-profile_n_4084269.html|title=My Life: Nancy Cruickshank, Founder of Handbag.com And MyShowcase.com|date=10 November 2013|accessdate=24 October 2015|first=Poorna|last=Bell|work=The Huffington Post}} which they live between throughout the year with their children and two dogs.{{cite web|title=MyShowcase|url=https://www.myshowcase.com/stylist/nancy_cruickshank|accessdate=29 November 2016}}
References
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