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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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Helena Vinnicombe

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Helena Vinnicombe is Chair of the Investment Committee. She also has a number of NED and consulting roles in the financial services sector.

Helena is an independent consultant with Portfolio Review Services, working
mainly with charities and non-profit organisations. She is also a non-executive
director for Lowland Investment Company and the Lindsell Train Investment
Trust and on the Advisory Committee for the M&G specialty charity fund range.
She is a Trustee of the Institute of Child Health CIO, a joint venture between
Great Ormond Street Hospital and UCL.

Helena previously spent 20 years in the financial services industry, as a wealth
manager with Smith & Williamson Investment Management.

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.

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

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