Creative economy & culture

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Louisa Shanks

Assistant Operations Manager, Arts & Culture Finance

Louisa is the Assistant Operations Manager for Arts & Culture Finance, working across the team's two investment funds.

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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

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

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

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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