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.

In Scotland, three-quarters of all the money we spend on food and drink, amounting to £10.4bn in 2021, is spent within the retail sector on produce to eat at home, with the vast majority of it going to the major supermarkets.

Team

Frances Bain

Frances Bain

Frances Bain

Mission Manager (Scotland), healthy life mission

Frances is Nesta’s mission manager for Scotland working on the healthy life mission and based with the Scotland team in Edinburgh.

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John Barber

John Barber

John Barber

Deputy Director, healthy life mission

John is a deputy director of the healthy life mission.

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Kinza Mahmood

Kinza Mahmood

Kinza Mahmood

Analyst, healthy life mission

Kinza works as an analyst for the healthy life mission, helping to deliver the mission through research and analysis.

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