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Lab Board

Our Public Services Innovation Lab is an ambitious and complex project. To make sure it receives the specialist expertise and guidance needed to make it a success, NESTA has appointed a board of high-profile members with experience across public service.

As well as dedicated support, scrutiny and focus, board members mobilise their networks, help us navigate complex relationships and enable The Lab to equip a wider audience with new ways of working.

The Lab board is accountable to NESTA's board of trustees.

Public Services Innovation Lab Board

Sir David Henshaw
Chairman
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Rita Patel
Founder President of Belgrave Baheno Peepul Centre
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Rob Whiteman
Chief Executive of Barking and Dagenham Council
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Rod Aldridge
Founder of the Aldridge Foundation and Capita
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Rosie Boycott
Journalist and author
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Sir Michael Bichard
Director of the Institute for Government
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Dawn Austwick
Chief Executive of the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
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Paul Roberts
Managing Director at the IDeA.
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