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Suraj Vadgama

Director of Design, Design & Technology

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Missions

Adrian Stymne Aidan Kelly Alasdair Hiscock Amy Solder Andrew Sissons Andy Marsden Andy Regan Angela Mitchell Anish Chacko Ashley Mclean Benoit Siberdt Björn Rust Caitlin Turner Camille Stengel Chris Norris Claire Doran Clara Widdison Codrina Cretu Daniel Lewis Darren Hilliard David Bleines David Dearlove Davinia Kiley Elena Mariani Ella Sandelson Ellen Davies Elspeth Kirkman Elysia Lucas Eve Lerouge Filippo Bianchi Fionnuala O’Reilly Frances Bain Hugo Harper Husain Taibjee Imran Nazerali Jess Gillam Jessica Jenkins John Barber Jonathan Bone Julia Blom Kate Tudor Katherine Parkin Katy King Kelly Evans Kevin Wiley Kinza Mahmood Laura Jones Lauren Bowes Byatt Lauren Liotti Linda Macdonald Lizzie Ingram Louise Bazalgette Lourdes Valencia Torres Lucy Makinson Lucy Turner Lydia Leon Madeleine Gabriel Martina Kavan Mary-Alice Doyle Max Hadley Max Woollard Michael Fell Nancy Wilkinson Oli Berry Oliver Zanetti Pankhuri Anand Parita Doshi Patricia Beloe Rachel Wilcock Rob Ashelford Robin Parker Roisín Gorman Sarah Cattan Sean Kelleher-Clarke Shaan Jindal Shyamolie Biyani Sidd Mandava Simran Motiani Terpsi Panayotidis Tim Shakespeare Tom Gunter Tom Leach Tom Symons Umesh (uMe) Pandya Zhen Rao

Practices

Adeola Otubusen Aidan Kelly Alasdair Hiscock Aleks Berditchevskaia Alexandra Albert Alice Cordo Gallucci Andy Marsden Anna Landreth Strong Benedicta Moxon Cath Sleeman Christopher Edgar Chun-Yin San Clare Brennan David Ampudia Deborah Fox Ellen Davies Emma Dickson Eve Lerouge Federico Andreis Genna Barnett George Richardson Hannah Burd Iman Muse Imran Nazerali India Kerle Isabel Stewart Jack Vines James Plunkett Jessica Edwards Joana Murta Rosa Kathy Peach Kyra Kocis Lewis Westbury Liz Gallagher Mallory Durran Martina Vojtkova Max Hadley Meera Shah Peter Baeck Rachel Wilcock Rita Marques Roisín Gorman Rosie Oxbury Rowan Green Sofia Pinto Solomon Yu Tiffany Holmgren Umesh (uMe) Pandya Yini Zheng Zayn Meghji

Suraj leads the Design & Technology practice at Nesta.

He oversees and supports the design, development and rapid testing of products and services that advance Nesta’s missions.

Suraj is a senior practitioner and leader who has successfully led the design, development and growth of products and services that have helped thousands of people - many with a focus on social issues.

As well as his own ventures, Suraj has supported many organisations with product development and digital transformation. He brings a wealth of real-world experience on what it takes to develop products and services that deliver user and social value.

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