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Nesta to welcome two new members to its board

Entrepreneurs Piers Linney and Ed Wray to join Nesta's Board of Trustees.

28 November 2013

As of January 2014, Nesta will welcome two new members to its Board of Trustees.

The two new appointments are Piers Linney, CEO of Outsourcery and panellist on BBC2’s Dragons’ Den and Ed Wray, co-founder of Betfair and director of Funding Circle.

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