Daniel Oppenheimer

Daniel is NESTA's Chief Operating Officer and has overall responsibility for NESTA's effectiveness as an organisation, including performance measures, financial control, business planning and risk management. He is also responsible for the investment and monitoring of NESTA's £300 million endowment.

NESTA is both the largest endowment in the UK exclusively dedicated to fostering innovation and the country’s biggest source of seed finance for technology start-ups. NESTA has backed some of Britain’s most exciting high-tech companies and its research is highly acclaimed.

Most recently, Daniel was Head of Finance Strategy and Planning at the UK Department for Transport, where he oversaw the Department's long-term budgets and financial plans.

Prior to that, he spent 10 years at HM Treasury working on a wide range of policy issues, including heading the teams supporting two independent reviews of the financial services sector and being responsible for the Treasury's public expenditure control system.

He also spent time on secondment to the voluntary and private sectors: he was Finance and Fundraising Director of a community regeneration project and worked for Gartmore Investment Management.

Daniel has an MSc in Economics from the LSE and is a qualified accountant (CIPFA).