Isobel Scott-Barrett
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Head of Policy
Isobel leads the policy team focused on UK government with a particular focus on issues that could enable or unblock progress on our mission goals.
Isobel joined Nesta following a stint at Challenge Works, where she worked on consumer credit and the future of work, to contribute to the design and delivery of Nesta’s mission-driven strategy. She helped establish our health and early years missions, venture studio, ways of working, and later our policy function.
Prior to Nesta, Isobel worked in political conflict mediation in Israel/Palestine and began her career as a domestic violence caseworker in Southwark. She holds a BA in Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies from Cambridge University and an MSc in Conflict and Development from SOAS.
