Constance Agyeman

Head of International Development and Communities

At Nesta Challenges, Constance has over 20 years experience in the voluntary sector developing national and international programs which engage communities.

She has designed and delivered programs with the likes of USAID, World Bank, Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Cabinet Office Constance provides strategic innovation guidance and has delivered over 25 challenge prizes in fields such as agriculture in South-East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, Social Innovation across Europe, UK prizes focused on Waste Reduction and Ageing populations, as well as youth focussed digital enterprise challenges.

At the heart of her work ethos is a practice of co-creation with communities and innovators, building effective stakeholder networks across a range of sectors to strengthen the market potential of products, technologies and services for sustainable and impactful change that help communities thrive.

Constance is engaged in a number of judging and speaker panels and was on the board of Trustees for Youth Music, serving disadvantaged youth. She also demonstrates her entrepreneurial spirit by running her own micro business.

You can follow her on Twitter @ConstanceAgyema