About Nesta

Nesta is a research and innovation foundation. We apply our deep expertise in applied methods to design, test and scale solutions to some of the biggest challenges of our time, working across the innovation lifecycle.

Tony is a policy adviser at Nesta.

He is an economist. In the public sector, he has worked in the No10 Policy Unit, the Cabinet Office, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the CMA and the Competition Commission. Previously, he was editor-in-chief of OpenDemocracy, and he founded and led a venture-backed California-based silicon design business. He is a non-executive director of the UK's energy regulator, OFGEM.