Lisa is Nesta’s Executive Director of Investments with responsibility for Nesta’s direct impact investment activity, supporting transformational technology ventures. She works across Nesta’s impact ...
Jonathan works within Nesta Cymru (Wales), focusing on working across public, private and non-profit sectors to deliver innovative solutions that tackle obesity and loneliness in Wales. Senior Analyst ...
Will works in the Discovery Hub as discovery research and analysis lead. Scientists have made big strides in understanding how plants communicate with each other. Could this help solve some of ...
Louis is the Foresight Engagement Lead within Nesta’s Discovery Hub, which aims to create a link between Nesta’s current portfolio and our pipeline of future work. Louis looks at how emerging ...
Every year we identify the signals that could show us the shape of things to come. These signals can be data points, observations or insights from the field that carry significant, if uncertain, ...
Madeleine leads Nesta’s mission to create a sustainable future, which focuses on decarbonisation and economic recovery. Developing shared infrastructure for low-carbon heating requires a high degree ...
Alex is responsible for managing Nesta’s portfolio of direct investments in early stage UK technology companies, as well as Nesta’s fund of fund investments. Lisa is Nesta’s Executive Director of ...
Laurie leads on strategic foresight for Nesta. He oversees much of the organisation's research into emerging trends, novel technologies and promising interventions. Laurie works at Nesta's Discovery ...
Sophie is the Head of Operations for Challenge Works. She ensures the financial, legal and people aspects of Challenge Works run smoothly to support our innovation challenge programmes, working ...
Anna is a creative producer for Nesta’s Arts practice. Senior Analyst (Policy Futures), Discovery Hub Sarah is a senior analyst for policy futures in Nesta's Discovery Hub, which aims to create a link ...