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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.
View profileHead of Arts & Culture Finance
Seva is responsible for Nesta's social impact investment work in the arts, culture and creative industries
View profileInvestment Manager
Trishna joins the Arts and Culture Finance team as Investment Manager for the Cultural Impact Development Fund (CIDF)
View profileImpact 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.
View profileAssistant Programme Manager for Arts Impact Fund
Svetlana was an Assistant Programme Manager for Arts Impact Fund, part of Nesta's Innovation Lab.
View profileAssistant Operations Manager, Arts & Culture Finance
Louisa is the Assistant Operations Manager for Arts & Culture Finance, working across the team's two investment funds.
View profileProgramme Manager
Rachael is a Programme Manager for Arts & Culture Programmes and Investments, in Nesta’s Creative Economy strand.
View profileInvestment Analyst, Arts & Culture Finance team
Dominika works in the Arts & Culture Finance team as an investment analyst for the Arts & Culture Impact Fund.
View profileAssistant Programme Manager
Celeste managed 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.
View profileDirector of Arts Programmes and Investments
Alongside heading up the Arts, Culture and Creativity team, Fran also has primary responsibility for the Arts Impact Fund.
View profileSenior Researcher, New Technology and Startups
Jonathan is a senior researcher in the New Technology and Startups team.
View profileProgramme Manager, Digital Arts & Media
Sam Mitchell was a Programme Manager in the Digital Arts & Media team at Nesta
View profileCo-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.
View profilePolicy & 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.
View profileProgramme Manager, Education
Toby works in Nesta’s education team to help our education system make better use of technology and data.
View profileLearning 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.
View profileDirector, Innovation Skills
As Director, Sonja led the team responsible for spreading innovation skills and strengthening the conditions that allow innovation to thrive.
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