‘I’m very competitive by nature . . . I can allow things to annoy me that shouldn’t’
Ramona Nicholas made her name as a self-confident judge on Dragons’ Den, but various challenges and setbacks have shaped her to become the businesswoman she is today
When we meet at Dublin’s Merrion Hotel, Ramona Nicholas is early. She has arrived direct from an earlier morning meeting in Cavan, and is rocking – and rocking is the word – a silk blouse, leather Helmut Lang trousers, spike heels and a particularly bouncy blow-dry. She is the very picture of Irish Businesswoman 2.0: stylish, direct and unquestionably comfortable in her own skin.
The texture of Nicholas’s confidence has, however, shifted. “I’ve ...
