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Creative economy & culture

We bring bold ideas to life to grow the creative economy, and help arts and cultural organisations thrive.

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Arts & Culture Finance

Arts & Culture Finance uses social impact investment to support arts and cultural organisations that benefit the lives of individuals, communities and society through their work.
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Fran Sanderson

Fran Sanderson

Director of Arts Programmes and Investments

Alongside heading up the Arts, Culture and Creativity team, Fran also has primary responsibility for the Arts Impact Fund.

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Seva Phillips

Seva Phillips

Head of Arts & Culture Finance

Seva is responsible for Nesta's social impact investment work in the arts, culture and creative industries

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Trishna Nath

Trishna Nath

Investment Manager

Trishna joins the Arts and Culture Finance team as Investment Manager for the Cultural Impact Development Fund (CIDF)

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Melissa Wong

Melissa Wong

Impact Manager

Melissa is an Impact Manager for the Cultural Impact Development Fund, a social investment fund providing small-scale lending to arts and culture organisations across England.

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Svetlana Karadimova

Svetlana Karadimova

Assistant Programme Manager for Arts Impact Fund

Svetlana was an Assistant Programme Manager for Arts Impact Fund, part of Nesta's Innovation Lab.

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Rachael Bull

Rachael Bull

Programme Manager

Rachael is a Programme Manager for Arts & Culture Programmes and Investments, in Nesta’s Creative Economy strand.

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Dominika Cazamea

Dominika Cazamea

Investment Analyst, Arts & Culture Finance team

Dominika works in the Arts & Culture Finance team as an investment analyst for the Arts & Culture Impact Fund.

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Amplified

Amplified was a pilot programme supporting cultural and creative organisations seeking to develop digital ideas that generate social impact.
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Deborah Fox

Deborah Fox

Senior Programme Manager, Innovation Lab

Deborah works in the Innovation Lab and is responsible for the development, management and delivery of creative economy programmes.

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Celeste Salas

Celeste Salas

Assistant Programme Manager

Celeste manages the Creative Business Mentor Network, a programme which aims to nurture some of the UK’s most promising creative companies by matching them with successful mentors.

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Fran Sanderson

Fran Sanderson

Director of Arts Programmes and Investments

Alongside heading up the Arts, Culture and Creativity team, Fran also has primary responsibility for the Arts Impact Fund.

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Arts and Heritage Matched Crowdfunding Pilot

We're working with arts and heritage funders to explore the potential of crowdfunding through mixing money from the crowd with grant funding.
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Jonathan Bone

Jonathan Bone

Senior Researcher, New Technology and Startups

Jonathan is a senior researcher in the New Technology and Startups team.

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Sam Mitchell

Sam Mitchell

Programme Manager, Digital Arts & Media

Sam Mitchell was a Programme Manager in the Digital Arts & Media team at Nesta

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Peter Baeck

Peter Baeck

Co-Head of the Centre for Collective Intelligence Design

Peter is responsible for a number of large scale research projects and experiments that explore how human and machine intelligence can be combined to solve social challenges.

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Christopher Burnett

Christopher Burnett

Policy & Research Intern, New Technology and Startups

Christopher focussed on the field of start-ups and entrepreneurship, mainly working on the Startup Europe Partnership 2.0 project.

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Toby Baker

Toby Baker

Programme Manager, Education

Toby works in Nesta’s education team to help our education system make better use of technology and data.

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Creative Enterprise Programme

A practical capacity-building programme to support creative entrepreneurs around the world and encourage sustainable and resilient livelihoods.
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Kimberley Ballantyne

Kimberley Ballantyne

Learning Services Manager

Kimberley works in the Innovation Skills team as a Learning Services Manager, helping to build and deliver Nesta’s learning and skills offer. She is specifically responsible for the Creative Enterprise Programme.

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Diana Hidalgo

Diana Hidalgo

Learning Designer

Diana works in the Innovation Skills team as a Learning Designer supporting the connection between programmes and users.

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Sonja Dahl

Sonja Dahl

Director, Innovation Skills

As Director, Sonja leads the team responsible for one of Nesta’s central missions - to spread innovation skills and strengthen the conditions that allow innovation to thrive.

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