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.

We are building an open, online tool to explore the global research, startup and social health innovation landscape.

Team

Halima Khan

Halima Khan

Halima Khan

Executive Director, Health, People and Impact

Halima was the Executive Director of the Health, People and Impact. She led Nesta’s work in health and also oversaw people (human resources) and impact for the organisation.

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Christina Cornwell

Christina Cornwell

Christina Cornwell

Interim Executive Director for Health

Christina led Nesta’s work helping to develop and grow innovations that create new relationships, networks and technologies that improve health and well being.

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Sinead Mac Manus

Sinead Mac Manus

Sinead Mac Manus

Senior Programme Manager, Digital Health

Sinead was a Senior Programme Manager for Digital Health in the Health Lab.

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Juan Mateos-Garcia

Juan Mateos-Garcia

Juan Mateos-Garcia

Director of Data Analytics Practice

Juan Mateos-Garcia was the Director of Data Analytics at Nesta.

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Soraya Rusmaully

Soraya Rusmaully

Soraya Rusmaully

Project Manager, Innovation Mapping

Soraya is a Project Manager working on the European Commission Horizon 2020 project, EURITO.

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Russell Winch

Russell Winch

Russell Winch

Junior Data Engineer, Innovation Mapping

Russ was a Junior Data Engineer in the Innovation Mapping Team and worked on the development of data products and the implementation of a data production system.

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Konstantinos Stathoulopoulos

Konstantinos Stathoulopoulos

Konstantinos Stathoulopoulos

Principal Researcher, Innovation Mapping

Konstantinos worked as a Principal Researcher on Nesta's Research Analysis and Policy team.

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George Richardson

George Richardson

George Richardson

Head of Data Science, Data Analytics Practice

George is Head of Data Science in Nesta’s Data Analytics Practice.

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Alex Bishop

Alex Bishop

Alex Bishop

Principal Researcher, Data Analytics Practice

Alex was building Data Science tools and libraries to increase the reproducibility, efficiency, and scalability of our Data Science work.

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Adeola Otubusen

Adeola Otubusen

Adeola Otubusen

Junior Data Scientist, Data Analytics Practice

Adeola is a Junior Data Scientist in the Innovation Mapping team.

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Luca Bonavita

Luca Bonavita

Luca Bonavita

Head of Data Viz and Product Development, Data Science

Luca was the Head of Data Viz and Product Development for Nesta's Data Science team, focusing on the technical means to make data exploration intuitive and natural.

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