About Nesta

Nesta is an innovation foundation. For us, innovation means turning bold ideas into reality and changing lives for the better. We use our expertise, skills and funding in areas where there are big challenges facing society.

Ed Richards is the Chair of Trustees. He is also Chair of the Board of the Behavioural Insights Team.

Ed is a Managing Partner at Flint Global Ltd, a business advisory company which he co-founded in 2015 and which operates across Europe specialising in policy, regulatory and competition issues. He was previously Chief Executive of Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, from 2006-2014, having previously served as Chief Operating Officer. In the early 2000s, Ed worked in the Prime Minister’s Policy Unit at 10 Downing Street where he worked across a wide range of domestic policy areas. Prior to this, he led the Corporate Strategy team at the BBC during the development of digital technology and services.