Nicolas Wackers
Analyst
Nicolas joined Hawthorn as an Analyst following a successful Summer Internship in 2024.
Nicolas graduated with first-class honours in Politics, Sociology and Eastern European Studies from UCL’s School of Slavonic Studies. He specialised in Czech politics and spent a year studying Czech populist communication at Charles University in Prague.
Before joining Hawthorn, Nicolas worked in the press office at Prague’s GLOBSEC Forum, one of Europe’s premier security conferences. He also gained experience working for an NGO focused on the Arab-Israeli conflict, as well as a university thinktank specialising in contemporary US Politics.
Outside of work, Nicolas is a passionate but untalented photographer, watchmaker and five-a-side footballer.