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Sarah McGeehan

Head of Social Finance

Sarah McGeehan

Alumni

Adam Fletcher Adam Price Alicia Weekes Alli Suddaby Ana Florescu Andrew Whitby Andy Stevenson Anna Dinnen Anna Keuchenius Anna Nicholl Anna Williams Antonio Lima Antony Declercq Assaf Frances Athina Balopoulou Augustina Sol Eskenazi Carla Ross Charlotte Goujon Chrysostomos Meli Claire Churchill Dan Butler Daniel Corredera Daniel Kraemer Dan James Dan Jones Darryl Chamberlain David Altabev Ed Parkes Eibhlin Ni Ogain Eleonora Corsini Elina Gaillard Ella Dorfman Elliot Trevithick Emma Clarence Emma Quinn Francesca Bria Gail Dawes George Windsor Gillian Easson Giulio Quaggiotto Haidee Bell Helen Drury Helen Goulden Hilary Simpson Hollie Brennan Ian Danby Irina Ulcica Isa Kolehmainen Jackie Brennan Jackie McKenzie Jack Pilkington James Gardiner James Hynard Jason Mollring Jenny Prosser Jeremy Kingsley Jessica Bland Jo Casebourne Joe Ludlow Johanna Ejbye John Gibson Jonathan Bamber Jon Kingsbury Josh McNorton Joshua Ryan-Saha Julie Simon Jullie Tran Graham Kasia Murphy Kate Farrell Katherine Stevenson Kathleen Stokes Kathryn Geels Katie Mountain Larry Ryan Laura Bunt Laura Scruby Lena Patel Liam Collins Libby Kinsey Lindsay Levkoff Lynn Lorna Edwards Louise Marston Lucile Stengel Lydia Nicholas Lydia Ragoonanan Lynette Lucas Maeve Croghan Mahmoda Ali Mairi McKay Mandeep Hothi Mariam Mohamed Salah Mark Griffiths Matthew Gatehouse Matthew Hull Matt Mead Meera Chadha Meesha Patel Meghan Benton Melani Oliver Michael Harris Michael Mann Michael Soto Mireya Alvarez Morbhen Rattray Nadia Bettega Natalya Wells Nevena Dragicevic Nick Moore Nick Webb Nihad Ahmed Nina Cromeyer Dieke Oliver Patel Oliver Quinlan Olivia Allen Olly Arber Oscar Townsley Parth Avlani Patrick Taylor Paul Mackay Pedro Beirao Perrie Ballantyne Peter O'Neill Philip Colligan Pippa Coutts Rachel Hunter Rachel Nye Rosie Farrer Rowena Young Ruth Kern Ruth Puttick Ruth Watson Ryan Schecter Sarah McGeehan Shane Murphy Siddharth Bannerjee Simona Bielli Simon Brindle Sir John Chisholm Sophie Reynolds Stefana Broadbent Stephen Bradley Stian Westlake Tamar Ghosh Tandi Williams Theo Keane Thomas Beevers Tim Plyming Tom Kenyon Vicki Purewal Victoria Boelman Xan Goetzee-Barral Yannis Pierrakis Zoe Jacob

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Sarah was head of Social Finance and led our risk capital programme.

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Adam Fletcher

Guest blogger

Adam Price

Senior Programme Manager

Alicia Weekes

Project Coordinator, Open Data Challenge Series

Alli Suddaby

Programme Manager

Ana Florescu

Hot Topics and Accelerators Intern

Andrew Whitby

Research Fellow, Creative Economy

Andy Stevenson

Research Intern

Anna Dinnen

Senior Programme Manager

Anna Keuchenius

Research Intern

Anna Nicholl

Wales Manager, Evidence Exchange

Anna Williams

Researcher, Challenge Prizes

Antonio Lima

Data Science Research Fellow

Antony Declercq

Citizen Engagement in Public Services Intern, Innovation Lab

Assaf Frances

Intern, Innovation Lab

Athina Balopoulou

Intern, Creative Economy

Augustina Sol Eskenazi

Startups Intern

Carla Ross

Innovation Programmes Manager

Charlotte Goujon

Innovation Policy Intern

Chrysostomos Meli

Technology Futures intern

Claire Churchill

Dan Butler

Research and Evaluation Lead, Digital Innovation Fund for the Arts in Wales

Daniel Corredera

Intern, Government Innovation

Daniel Kraemer

Dan James

Dan was a policy advisor on public and social innovation

Dan Jones

Director, Innovation Lab

Darryl Chamberlain

Content Editor, Civic Exchange

David Altabev

Future Prizes - Senior Programme Manager

Ed Parkes

Senior Programme Manager

Eibhlin Ni Ogain

Insight Manager, Impact Investments

Eleonora Corsini

Prizes Impact and Learning Manager, Challenge Prize Centre

Elina Gaillard

Researcher, Startups and Entrepreneurship

Ella Dorfman

Intern, Rethinking Parks

Elliot Trevithick

Evidence Consultant

Emma Clarence

Principal Researcher, Social Innovation

Emma Quinn

Programme Manager

Francesca Bria

Senior Project Lead

Gail Dawes

Data Insights Manager

George Windsor

Senior Policy Researcher

Gillian Easson

Development Manager

Giulio Quaggiotto

Senior Programme Manager in Innovation Skills

Haidee Bell

Programme Lead

Helen Drury

Assistant Programme Manager

Helen Goulden

Executive Director, Innovation Lab

Hilary Simpson

Hollie Brennan

Programme Coordinator, Health Lab

Ian Danby

Programme Manager

Irina Ulcica

Research Intern

Isa Kolehmainen

Innovation Skills Intern

Jackie Brennan

Programme Manager

Jackie McKenzie

Head of Innovation Programmes Scotland

Jack Pilkington

Explorations Intern

James Gardiner

Data Developer

James Hynard

Challenge Prizes Intern, Innovation Lab

Jason Mollring

Senior Programme Manager

Jenny Prosser

Programme Manager, European Social Innovation Competition

Jeremy Kingsley

Assistant Editor, The Long + Short

Jessica Bland

Principal Researcher in Futures

Jo Casebourne

Director, Public and Social Innovation

Joe Ludlow

Director, Impact Investment

Johanna Ejbye

John Gibson

Director of Government Innovation

Jonathan Bamber

Senior Programme Manager

Jon Kingsbury

Director, Creative Economy Programmes

Josh McNorton

Festival Manager - FutureFest

Joshua Ryan-Saha

European Prizes - Programme Manager

Julie Simon

Head of Government Innovation Research

Jullie Tran Graham

Programme Manager

Kasia Murphy

Media Manager

Kate Farrell

Digital Education Manager, Scotland

Katherine Stevenson

Research Assistant

Kathleen Stokes

Senior Researcher, Social Innovation

Kathryn Geels

Programme Manager

Katie Mountain

Investment Manager

Larry Ryan

Editor, The Long + Short

Laura Bunt

Lead Policy Advisor, Public and Social Innovation

Laura Scruby

Media Manager

Lena Patel

Corporate Affairs Manager

Liam Collins

Policy Advisor

Libby Kinsey

Investment Manager

Lindsay Levkoff Lynn

Head of Impact - Centre for Social Action Innovation Fund

Lorna Edwards

Development Manager

Louise Marston

Director of Innovation Policy and Futures

Lucile Stengel

Intern in Public and Social Innovation

Lydia Nicholas

Senior Researcher, Explorations

Lydia Ragoonanan

Senior Programme Manager

Lynette Lucas

Programme Coordinator

Maeve Croghan

Education Intern, Innovation Lab

Mahmoda Ali

Project Coordinator

Mairi McKay

Events and Marketing Intern, Scotland

Mandeep Hothi

Senior Programme Manager, Innovation Lab

Mariam Mohamed Salah

Intern, Research, Analysis and Policy

Mark Griffiths

Project Lead

Matthew Gatehouse

Programme Manager

Matthew Hull

Press Officer

Matt Mead

Chief Investments Officer

Meera Chadha

Programme Manager

Meesha Patel

Education Intern in the Innovation Lab

Meghan Benton

Senior Researcher

Melani Oliver

Director, Innovation Lab

Michael Harris

Director of Public and Social Innovation

Michael Mann

Senior Programme Manager

Michael Soto

Guest blogger

Mireya Alvarez

Investment Analyst, Investments

Morbhen Rattray

Team Coordinator

Nadia Bettega

Programme Manager

Natalya Wells

Creative Economy Intern

Nevena Dragicevic

Nick Moore

Research Assistant, Innovation and Economic Growth

Nick Webb

Senior Development Manager

Nihad Ahmed

Intern, International Innovation team

Nina Cromeyer Dieke

Digital Content Editor

Oliver Patel

Research Intern

Oliver Quinlan

Senior Research Manager, Raspberry Pi Foundation

Olivia Allen

Intern, Digital Startups Team

Olly Arber

Director of Communications

Oscar Townsley

Research Intern

Parth Avlani

Rethinking Parks Intern

Patrick Taylor

Programme Manager

Paul Mackay

Fellow, Code for Europe

Pedro Beirao

Senior Events Coordinator

Perrie Ballantyne

Learning Manager

Peter O'Neill

Northern Ireland Manager, Alliance for Useful Evidence

Philip Colligan

Guest blogger

Pippa Coutts

Alliance Research and Policy Manager

Rachel Hunter

Citizen Engagement in Public Services Intern

Rachel Nye

Researcher, Health Lab

Rosie Farrer

Spice, Head of Programmes - England

Rowena Young

Programme Director

Ruth Kern

Head of Delivery, People Power Results

Ruth Puttick

Principal Researcher - Public and Social Innovation

Ruth Watson

Programme and Design Coordinator

Ryan Schecter

Shane Murphy

Research Assistant

Siddharth Bannerjee

Researcher, Digital Startups

Simona Bielli

Head of Programmes – Nesta Italia

Simon Brindle

Director

Sir John Chisholm

Former Chairman

Sophie Reynolds

Senior Researcher - Public and Social Innovation

Stefana Broadbent

Head of Collective Intelligence

Stephen Bradley

Director of Innovation Skills

Stian Westlake

Executive Director of Policy and Research

Tamar Ghosh

Lead, Longitude Prize

Tandi Williams

Research Manager

Theo Keane

Senior Programme Manager

Thomas Beevers

Research Intern

Tim Plyming

Director, Digital Arts & Media

Tom Kenyon

Director of Education in a Digital Environment

Vicki Purewal

Senior Development Manager

Victoria Boelman

Principal Researcher, Government Innovation

Xan Goetzee-Barral

Urban Design, Transport Planning and Policy Intern

Yannis Pierrakis

Head of Investments Research

Zoe Jacob

Intern, Policy and Research

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Browse content from Sarah McGeehan

Reinventing finance for social enterprise

Also in the Alumni

Adam Fletcher

Adam Price

Alicia Weekes

Alli Suddaby

Ana Florescu

Andrew Whitby

Andy Stevenson

Anna Dinnen

Anna Keuchenius

Anna Nicholl

Anna Williams

Antonio Lima

Antony Declercq

Assaf Frances

Athina Balopoulou

Augustina Sol Eskenazi

Carla Ross

Charlotte Goujon

Chrysostomos Meli

Claire Churchill

Dan Butler

Daniel Corredera

Daniel Kraemer

Dan James

Dan Jones

Darryl Chamberlain

David Altabev

Ed Parkes

Eibhlin Ni Ogain

Eleonora Corsini

Elina Gaillard

Ella Dorfman

Elliot Trevithick

Emma Clarence

Emma Quinn

Francesca Bria

Gail Dawes

George Windsor

Gillian Easson

Giulio Quaggiotto

Haidee Bell

Helen Drury

Helen Goulden

Hilary Simpson

Hollie Brennan

Ian Danby

Irina Ulcica

Isa Kolehmainen

Jackie Brennan

Jackie McKenzie

Jack Pilkington

James Gardiner

James Hynard

Jason Mollring

Jenny Prosser

Jeremy Kingsley

Jessica Bland

Jo Casebourne

Joe Ludlow

Johanna Ejbye

John Gibson

Jonathan Bamber

Jon Kingsbury

Josh McNorton

Joshua Ryan-Saha

Julie Simon

Jullie Tran Graham

Kasia Murphy

Kate Farrell

Katherine Stevenson

Kathleen Stokes