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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.

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Angela Mitchell

Head of Nesta Scotland

Angela Mitchell Angela Mitchell

Angela Mitchell

Missions

Aidan Kelly Alasdair Hiscock Andrew Sissons Andy Marsden Andy Regan Anish Chacko Benoit Siberdt Björn Rust Camille Stengel Chris Norris Claire Doran Clara Widdison Codrina Cretu Daniel Lewis David Bleines David Dearlove Davinia Kiley Dea Nielsen Elena Mariani Ella Sandelson Ellen Davies Elspeth Kirkman Elysia Lucas Eve Lerouge Frances Bain Ghazal Moenie Hema Kalamogan Holly Bolger Hugo Harper Jess Gillam John Barber Jonathan Bone Julia Blom Kate Tudor Katherine Parkin Katy King Kelly Evans Kinza Mahmood Laura Jones Lauren Bowes Byatt Lauren Liotti Linda Macdonald Lizzie Ingram Louise Bazalgette Lourdes Valencia Torres Lucy Kraftman Lucy Turner-Harris Lydia Leon Madeleine Gabriel Marcus Shepheard Marine Furet Martina Kavan Mary-Alice Doyle Max Blore Max Hadley Max Woollard Michael Fell Monique Tan Oli Berry Oliver Zanetti Omar Idris Parita Doshi Patricia Beloe Rachel Wilcock Rebecca Ige Robin Parker Roisín Gorman Ryu Matsuura Sarah Cattan Sean Kelleher-Clarke Shaan Jindal Shyamolie Biyani Simran Motiani Suraj Vadgama Terpsi Panayotidis Thomas Bunting Tim Shakespeare Tom Gunter Tom Leach Tom Symons Umesh (uMe) Pandya Vivek Roy-Chowdhury Zhen Rao

Scotland

Fiona McFarlane Frances Bain Linda Macdonald Robin Parker

Angela is Head of Nesta Scotland.

Before Nesta, she worked in senior leadership roles within the third sector for over ten years with a particular focus on health, sustainability, food systems and the prevention agenda. Prior to that, she worked as a journalist, producer and director making programmes and documentaries for BBC and Channel 4. 

Outside of work, you’ll find Angela either reading, running or dreaming up creative projects that get started but are often never finished.  She is Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for environmental charity FEL and a member of the court at the University of West of Scotland.

Also in Scotland

Fiona McFarlane

Policy Advisor, Nesta Scotland

Frances Bain

Mission Manager (Scotland), healthy life mission

Linda Macdonald

Mission Manager (Scotland), fairer start mission

Robin Parker

Mission Manager (Scotland), sustainable future mission

A powerful ecosystem for innovation

We extend our impact through two specialised units that help people and organisations to solve complex problems and achieve their goals.

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Challenge Works

Challenge Works designs and runs challenge prizes to spark innovation in science, technology and society.

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