Lily Downes
www.nesta.org.uk/team/lily-downes/
www.nesta.org.uk/team/lily-downes/
Policy Communications Lead (Net Zero)
She/Her
Lily is a policy communications lead at Nesta and BIT, leading policy focused communications and public affairs for the sustainable future mission.
She previously served as Senior Account Director at Grayling, a public affairs agency, where she advised renewable energy and decarbonisation clients on their political engagement and communications strategies. Prior to that she delivered complex community consultation programmes for large-scale renewable energy infrastructure, such as offshore wind farms and solar farms.
Lily holds a Master’s degree in Environment, Politics and Society from UCL. Outside of work, she can often be found at live music events or unwinding with a bit of reality TV.
