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.

Vicky Clayton

Vicky is a Senior Researcher at the What Works Centre for Children’ Social Care.

Vicky assists the Centre in its mission of creating a better evidence base for Children’s Social Care.  Prior to Nesta, Vicky was a freelance data scientist specialising in natural language processing. Previously, she worked as a Behavioural Economist at Simetrica (a specialist research consultancy) and founded a youth charity.

Outside of work, Vicky is involved in a number of tech for goods projects and enjoys running.