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About Nesta

Nesta is a research and innovation foundation. We apply our deep expertise in applied methods to design, test and scale solutions to some of the biggest challenges of our time, working across the innovation lifecycle.

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Catriona Maclay

Consultant with Nesta Challenges

Catriona Maclay Catriona Maclay

Catriona Maclay

Catriona supports mission-driven organisations with strategy advice, project management and interim leadership.

She was previously the Founding Chief Executive of education charity The Hackney Pirates, which she led since its inception in 2010 to support young people in developing literacy, confidence and perseverance. She has previously worked at Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, as a trustee of the Economist Educational Foundation, and as a Citizenship teacher in a north London secondary school.

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.

BIT

BIT helps clients from government, nonprofits and the private sector to improve people’s lives through our empirical problem solving and deep understanding of human behaviour.

Challenge Works

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

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