‘When everyone is thinking the same way, you have a problem’

Each week we profile one of Ireland’s corporate leaders, tracing their career to date and exploring the lessons they have learned along the way. This week, we meet Nikki Evans, chief executive of PerfectCard DAC

Nikki Evans, PerfectCard DAC chief executive Picture: Shane O’Neill

Nicki Evans is chief executive of Wicklow-based fintech company PerfectCard DAC, which specialises in employee reward cards and expense tools. Founded in 2006, it employs 30 people in Wicklow and Galway and was acquired for €6 million last year by the Australian payment solutions firm EML.

Tell us about your career to date.

It was while I was working in Australia in the fibre department of a company called Optus Vision that I ...