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Holly Bolger

Project Manager

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Holly Bolger

Central Programmes Office

Camille Stengel Chris Norris Claire Doran David Bleines Ella Sandelson Elspeth Kirkman Farhan Chowdhury Kelly Evans Sean Kelleher-Clarke

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Holly is a second year Civil Service Project Delivery Fast Streamer seconded to the Nesta Programme Management Office for 6 months.

She will support the PMO in improving processes within Nesta’s current operating environment. Holly previously worked at the Ministry of Justice within His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. Her main role was as a Business Case and Assurance manager working on Prison Capacity projects. Prior to that, she completed her undergraduate degree in International Relations and Sociology at Durham University, followed by a MSc in Conflict Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Across both these degrees Holly focused on how we use gendered perspectives to enhance peace building efforts and understand the lived experience of conflict.

In her spare time she plays hockey for the London Edwardians hockey club and loves trying to cook new recipes.

Also in Central Programmes Office

Camille Stengel

Head of Qualitative Methods

Chris Norris

Senior Programme Manager, Central Programmes

Claire Doran

Interim head of delivery (research and methods)

David Bleines

Senior Researcher, Central Programmes

Ella Sandelson

Programme Manager, healthy life mission

Elspeth Kirkman

Chief Programmes Officer

Farhan Chowdhury

Team Coordinator

Kelly Evans

Executive Assistant to CPO and Chief Scientist, Central Programmes

Sean Kelleher-Clarke

Head of Profession (Project & Programme Management), Central Programmes

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