About Nesta

Nesta is an innovation foundation. For us, innovation means turning bold ideas into reality and changing lives for the better. We use our expertise, skills and funding in areas where there are big challenges facing society.

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.