Jackie McKenzie
Jackie joined NESTA in autumn 2006 to set up NESTA's pre-start programme, Starter for 6. Jackie now manages all of NESTA's programme strands in Scotland, as well as its Scottish-based office in Dundee. She is responsible for developing strategy for NESTA's start-up work across the UK.
Jackie is also supporting the innovative capacities of video games SMEs for NESTA's Creative Economy team.
She has extensive project management experience in economic development, digital media, education and the not-for profit sectors. Before joining NESTA, Jackie set up an incubation and enterprise training programme for the university sector, and managed and scaled a national video games project called Dare to be Digital.