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.

Ed Richards is the Chair of Trustees. He is also Chair of the Board of the Behavioural Insights Team.

Ed is a Managing Partner at Flint Global Ltd, a business advisory company which he co-founded in 2015 and which operates across Europe specialising in policy, regulatory and competition issues. He was previously Chief Executive of Ofcom, the UK communications regulator, from 2006-2014, having previously served as Chief Operating Officer. In the early 2000s, Ed worked in the Prime Minister’s Policy Unit at 10 Downing Street where he worked across a wide range of domestic policy areas. Prior to this, he led the Corporate Strategy team at the BBC during the development of digital technology and services.