Nicki Horseman joined Times Higher Education in 2015 when the World University Rankings were taken in-house and she has been instrumental in developing the THE data team. More recently, she has moved into a consultancy role, working with universities around the world to help them analyse their performance and develop strategies and actions to tackle the challenges they face. To this she brings 13 years of experience working in higher education as assistant director of strategic planning at the University of Exeter.