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Nick Edwards (born 4th January 1982) is an English businessman, known for his work in the UK television lighting industry.

He was born in Watford, Hertfordshire and attended St Clement Danes School in Chorleywood. At the age of 14, Edwards inadvertently entered the lighting industry when he was commandeered by his brother Timothy to operate the lights for the School rock concert.

On leaving Education at 18, Edwards took up the position of Vari-Lite technician at VLPS at their Greenford operation. Edwards worked for Lighting Directors such as Al Gurdon on productions such as the MTV Europe Music Awards, The BRITs, The BAFTAs, Live Earth, The Royal Variety Performance and The Eurovision Song Contest.

Edwards went on to specialise in film and television lighting at Panavision owned Panalux. As a Project Manager Edwards looked after many high profile television shows as well as supplying intelligent lighting to feature films such as Harry Potter.

In 2011 Edwards took a short sabbatical to attend the residential BBC Academy at Wood Norton to successfully complete the BBC lighting director training program in 2011 after receiving Government creative skillset funding.

At the age of 29, Edwards accepted the opportunity to become Managing Director and shareholder of Aurora Lighting Hire. Edwards built the Company to be a market leader in just over 3 short years. In September 2015 the company was sold to LA based Video Equipment Rentals for a reported £5 million.

In September 2016, Edwards re-entered the television market again with a new start up venture Version 2 Lights. The Company supplies to broadcasters such as BBC, ITV, Sky, ESPN and Netflix working with leading Lighting Directors such as Tim Routledge.

The Company expanded in February 2020 by moving to a new state-of-the-art facility near Reading.

Charitable Work

Edwards has been a Philanthropist from an early age.

Having learnt to sail at 8 years of age, Edwards is a keen sailor and was part of the Management Committee of the charity Bury Lake Young Mariners, which is entirely run by volunteers who enable 6500 young people to get on the water each year.

Edwards has been a supporter of the Teenage Cancer Trust for over 15 years, and part of a small team of organisers produced an annual outdoor music concert, which took place in Heronsgate, Chorleywood. To date the event has raised over £350k for the charity.

Since leaving education Edwards has assisted his former School St Clement Danes with numerous fundraising activities to raise money for the PTA and it’s Anchor Fund. On the sale of his first business Edwards donated lights to the Schools Barbirolli Hall performance space. In March 2019 Edwards accepted the opportunity to become a Governor of the School.

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